Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNew Yorkers can enter a lottery for a chance to buy $50 tickets (Getty Images)New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced that 1,000 World Cup tickets will be available for $50 for New Yorkers.“1,000 World Cup tickets. $50 each. All for New Yorkers. We fought hard to make the people’s game available to the people — and won. Let the summer of soccer begin,” Mamdani wrote on Thursday.A lottery for the tickets will open on May 25 at 10 a.m. ET and run for six days. A total of 50,000 people will be able to enter each drawing and randomly selected winners will be notified on June 3 via email. You can only enter once per day.If you win the chance to buy a ticket, you’ll have 48 hours to purchase up to two, and tickets are non transferable. More information is available on a website set up for the drawings.Anyone buying tickets may be asked to verify their identity and residency through official IDs, pay stubs, rental or mortgage agreements and recent utility bills. You’ll pick up tickets in person on match day before boarding a free round trip bus to MetLife.In fullWant $50 World Cup tickets? New York City’s Mayor Mamdani is giving them away in deal with InfantinoThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
$50 World Cup tickets up for grabs for New Yorkers after price fury
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNew Yorkers can enter a lottery for a chance to buy $50 tickets (Getty Images)New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced that 1,000 World Cup tickets will be available for $50 for New Yorkers.“1,000 World Cup tickets. $50 each. All for New Yorkers. We fought hard to make the people’s game available to the people — and won. Let the summer of soccer begin,” Mamdani wrote on Thursday.A lottery for the tickets will open on May 25 at 10 a.m. ET and run for six days. A total of 50,000 people will be able to enter each drawing and randomly selected winners will be notified on June 3 via email. You can only enter once per day.If you win the chance to buy a ticket, you’ll have 48 hours to purchase up to two, and tickets are non transferable. More information is available on a website set up for the drawings.Anyone buying tickets may be asked to verify their identity and residency through official IDs, pay stubs, rental or mortgage agreements and recent utility bills. You’ll pick up tickets in person on match day before boarding a free round trip bus to MetLife.In fullWant $50 World Cup tickets? New York City’s Mayor Mamdani is giving them away in deal with InfantinoThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
