{"id":71909,"date":"2026-04-16T11:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/new-jersey-governor-hits-out-at-fifa-over-reported-100-world-cup-train-tickets-they-should-pay\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T16:55:30","slug":"new-jersey-governor-hits-out-at-fifa-over-reported-100-world-cup-train-tickets-they-should-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/new-jersey-governor-hits-out-at-fifa-over-reported-100-world-cup-train-tickets-they-should-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey governor hits out at Fifa over reported $100 World Cup train tickets: \u2018They should pay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Mikie Sherrill says taxpayers should not carry burden<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Costs at World Cup have come under increased scrutiny<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Jersey\u2019s governor, Mikie Sherrill, has hit out at Fifa after reports her state\u2019s transport system will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/14\/nj-transit-train-tickets-prices-new-york-world-cup\">charge $100 for a return ticket<\/a> to World Cup matches this summer.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey Transit lists the price for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njtransit.com\/meadowlands\">a round-trip ticket<\/a> from New York\u2019s Penn Station to MetLife Stadium, which will host eight World Cup matches this summer, including the final, as $12.90. The new pricing, reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7193375\/2026\/04\/14\/metlife-stadium-world-cup-train-tickets\/\">The Athletic earlier this week<\/a>, puts the return ticket at more than $100 with no reductions for children, seniors or people with disabilities. NJ Transit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/nj-transit-fare-prices-fifa-world-cup\">told Fox 5 New York<\/a> that the price has not been finalized. A decision is expected in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/apr\/16\/mike-sherrill-train-tickets-new-jersey-world-cup\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikie Sherrill says taxpayers should not carry burden Costs at World Cup have come under increased scrutiny New Jersey\u2019s governor, Mikie Sherrill, has hit out at Fifa after reports her state\u2019s transport system will charge $100 for a return ticket to World Cup matches this summer. New Jersey Transit lists the price for a round-trip &#8230; <a title=\"New Jersey governor hits out at Fifa over reported $100 World Cup train tickets: \u2018They should pay\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/new-jersey-governor-hits-out-at-fifa-over-reported-100-world-cup-train-tickets-they-should-pay\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about New Jersey governor hits out at Fifa over reported $100 World Cup train tickets: \u2018They should pay\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}