Zohran Mamdani takes Philadelphia swipe while announcing $50 World Cup tickets

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced that 1,000 low-cost FIFA World Cup tickets will be made available to locals -Credit:Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is aiming to make the upcoming FIFA World Cup accessible to the everyday fan, as ticket prices on resale sites continue to soar. As of Thursday, the cheapest ticket available on FIFA’s official resale site in the U. S.

for the opening game at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium between Brazil and Morocco was listed at $1,236. 25. On Thursday, as Mamdani briefed New Yorkers on preparations for the tournament, which is set to kick off in Mexico City on June 11 and end in New Jersey on July 19, during which he revealed that the local organizing committee is making 1,000 gameday tickets available to New Yorkers for a fixed price - all while taking a sneaky dig at Philadelphia.

DR Congo expected to receive U. S. Travel Exemption for 2026 World Cup despite Ebola Outbreak Clint Dempsey warns of World Cup ‘nightmare’ scenario for USMNT as legend makes prediction New Jersey's MetLife Stadium is set to host eight FIFA World Cup games this June/July -Credit:Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images Noting how “ticket prices for this tournament have soared into the thousands of dollars,” Mamdani went on to reveal, “I said we had to make it cheaper for New Yorkers to attend these matches.

And today, I am so proud to stand here alongside so many leaders in our city and in our region to make it clear that we are doing exactly that. “We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create. And that is why we stand together today to say that we have partnered with the New York-New Jersey Host Committee to secure a thousand affordable tickets for New Yorkers to the World Cup.