{"id":7951,"date":"2026-05-13T18:50:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=7951"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:20:47","slug":"fan-backlash-leads-to-world-cup-transport-price-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/?p=7951&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Fan Backlash Leads to World Cup Transport Price Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following significant feedback from fans, transportation costs for trains and buses serving World Cup matches at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey have been reduced.<\/p>\n<h3>Significant Price Adjustments<\/h3>\n<p>The cost of a train ticket has been substantially lowered from <strong>$150 (\u00a3111) to $98 (\u00a373)<\/strong>. Similarly, shuttle bus fares have seen a considerable drop, now priced at <strong>$20 (\u00a315) from their original $80 (\u00a359)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Concannon, a prominent figure and leader of the Football Supporters&#8217; Association England fan group, had previously voiced strong criticism regarding the &#8220;astronomical&#8221; event pricing, characterizing it as &#8220;completely out of the norm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MetLife Stadium, which will be officially referred to as New York\/New Jersey Stadium during the World Cup in adherence to FIFA&#8217;s policy on corporate sponsored names, is set to host eight crucial matches. These include the highly anticipated final and one of England&#8217;s Group L fixtures. For context, a typical return rail journey from Penn Station in Manhattan to the venue, approximately 18 miles away, usually costs around <strong>$12.90 (\u00a39.50)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>#WorldCup2026 #FanBacklash #TransportPrices #MetLifeStadium #FIFAWorldCup #NewJersey #FootballFans #PriceReduction #StadiumTransport #EventManagement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following significant feedback from fans, transportation costs for trains and buses serving World Cup matches at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey have been reduced. Significant Price Adjustments The cost of a train ticket has been substantially lowered from $150 (\u00a3111) to $98 (\u00a373). Similarly, shuttle bus fares have seen a considerable drop, now priced at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanak.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}