Mayor Mamdani announces $50 World Cup tickets will be available for NYC residents through lottery
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Key Points:
- New York City will offer 1,000 affordable FIFA World Cup tickets through a lottery, priced at $50 each, with free round-trip bus transportation included for winners.
- The lottery opens at 10 a.m. Monday, allowing residents to enter once daily for six days, with a daily cap of 50,000 entries and tickets evenly distributed across the five boroughs.
- Eligibility verification will require proof of New York residency, and tickets will be non-transferable to prevent scalping; winners will be notified by email on June 3 and must purchase tickets within 48 hours.
- The 1,000 tickets will be divided into batches of 150 for various group and knockout stage games held in New York and New Jersey.
- Resale prices for World Cup tickets are significantly higher, with group stage tickets starting at $553 and final match tickets reaching as much as $7,734 on secondary markets.