Overview
- City officials secured 1,000 discounted FIFA‑allocated seats that will be offered to verified New York City residents through a lottery that runs for six days.
- Entrants may sign up once per day with a daily cap on entries and winners will be able to purchase one additional ticket; tickets are nontransferable and will be distributed with proof of residency.
- The discounted seats cover five group‑stage matches and two knockout games at the New York New Jersey Stadium but exclude the World Cup final.
- Ticket holders will receive free round‑trip bus transportation to the stadium and the program builds on earlier city measures such as free borough fan zones and youth‑soccer funding.
- The city says the plan responds to dynamic FIFA pricing and spiking special‑event rail fares that drew public criticism and partial fare rollbacks by transit and host‑committee partners.