NJ Transit will not adjust its World Cup plans to accommodate a Knicks playoff game, the agency tells Front Office Sports.
Knicks fans from New Jersey won’t be able to take the train directly to Madison Square Garden, but instead will need to switch to PATH trains in Newark.
The World Cup is coming to New Jersey for eight matches this summer, including the July 19 final. For those eight days, only World Cup ticketholders will be able to use NJ Transit’s portion of Penn Station for four hours before each match, and for three hours after each match, all riders looking to come into the city will need to transfer to the PATH train in Newark.
One of those eight matchdays is June 16, when the Knicks would host a potential Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Thunder or Spurs.
With the New York Knicks sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night, Madison Square Garden will host the NBA Finals for the first time in nearly 30 years. The arena sits atop New York’s Penn Station, the major transit hub through which fans from New Jersey typically enter and exit the city.
