More travel chaos set to plague Tuesdays World Cup game at MetLife with up to 50K train tickets unsold so far

New York and New Jersey are barreling toward more travel chaos for Tuesday’s World Cup game at MetLife Stadium as up to 50,000 train tickets remain unsold – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani is brushing off the looming disaster.Thousands of fans are apparently intent on getting to the 3 p.m.match-up between France and Senegal at the East Rutherford, NJ, stadium any way but by train — which costs an outrageous $98 for the mandatory two-way NJ Transit ticket.While New York state has buses lined up for $10 each way, the 12,000 available spots are already sold out.That only leaves fans with the options of an over-the-top costly train ride, hiring a ride-share or driving and trying to snag one of the available measly 3,500 parking spots.But neither Mamdani nor his special “World Cup” czar seem concerned — even after thousands of spectators spent hours trying to leave the venue after Saturday’s game.Instead, the officials have been privately and publicly brushing off worries by predicting people will sign up for the train at the last minute — even though that “plan” failed for the first local game Saturday.“We saw a significant number of ticket holders buying their tickets for mass transit just in the hours before the game, and continue to encourage everyone to do so far in advance,” Mamdani claimed at an unrelated event Monday morning.“We also say that there continues to be additional capacity on New Jersey Transit, and so for those who have yet to buy their tickets, that is one way that we are going to encourage them to do so.

And I appreciate the efforts of all the city government in sharing this message,” he said.The “sharing” of the message involves the city is continuing to pump out Hizzoner’s online “Morning Pitch” news briefing that provides weather and traffic.The game is expected to draw about 80,000 fans.Given that 12,000 have bought spots on New York state’s buses, another 12,000 have bought NJTransit train tickets and there ar...