We could have had public transit and commuter trains all over the country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy
in the twin cities of minnesota, there was 500+ miles of tracks, nearly 1000 streetcars, and an annual ridership of 200 million. that’s equivalent to every single person that lived there making at least six trips per week, every single week. (modern day metro transit serves over 2.5 million people and has an annual ridership, bus and light rail, of about 45 million)
Stay far away from Kansas City. It’s the most car dependent city out of all the hosts. And all the drivers are shit.
Hm, I wonder how the current prices compare to the 1994 prices, that was the last time USA hosted the FIFA World Cup. There was also the 1996 Olympics.
I saw an article that said NY-based fans were warning visiting Europeans not to attempt to walk to the stadium because of how pedestrian hostile it is.
It’s in the middle of wetlands across two rivers and over some cliffs from manhattan. Something like a 6-7 hour walk from midtown despite being like 6 miles away in a straight line
Edit:actually longer. My walking directions took the ferry across the Hudson. To actually walk you’d need to go up to the GWB.
It’s in the middle of wetlands across two rivers and over some cliffs from manhattan. Something like a 6-7 hour walk from midtown despite being like 6 miles away in a straight line
That’s absolutely insane!
That’s like Evil Lair island shit!
NYC is far from pedestrian hostile.
Tell that to Met Life Stadium
I dont care about met life. Im speaking of NYC.
I’m sorry, I meant Citi Field. It always messes me up that the Mets don’t play at Met Life, and that it’s not called Meadowlands anymore. Walking from the subway to Shea was no big deal, interesting neighborhood for a kid for the suburbs but walkable. Last time I went to Citi I remember not seeing any real pedestrian access although we did drive in ourselves.
MetLife stadium is not in NYC, and no reasonable person is going to walk there.
It’s on the city to invest some money to make it walkable in the 6 years since they won the bid. When else are they gonna get a chance to do so?
Or maybe the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority which owns it and rakes in an estimated yearly income of $166.5 on years where there ISN’T a major international event should use some of their vast riches to make it accessible.
It’s neither in the city OR THE STATE. Plus, from the article I read it sounds like MetLife/NJ made the bid. https://foxsportsradionewjersey.com/2025/01/10/metlife-stadium-wins-2026-world-cup-final-bid-new-jersey-puts-up-67-5m-for-setup/
There’s transit, but walking seems like a crazy idea.
We have some world Cup games in my city. The stadium they are using is definitely walkable but it might take about 45 minutes to walk there. The easiest way to get there is the regional rail connection so hopefully the transit authority runs more trains. You can fit 3 or 4k people in a commuter train at crush load so it shouldn’t be terrible.
Considering that new York city has one of the better transit systems in North America I couldn’t imagine how bad it’s going to be in Dallas.
Yeah, don’t come here. It’s shit.
Yeah, I saw that New York/New Jersey transit will be absurdly expensive for getting to MetLife stadium. Everyone is gouging for the World Cup.
FIFA is welcome to make transportation affordable, rather than being a drain on the local economies (and profiting in the billions.) On the other hand, those that can afford a match ticket can afford to spend 1% of that to get to the match.
How does FIFA control the prices of buses?
I’m still not saying that they do, but they could certainly afford to pick up the tab. And it’s primarily trains at issue here.
Increasing bus ticket prices from $12.50 to $100 is not FIFA’s decision. Also, most sane countries use the event as an excuse to invest in public transport and general cleanup of the area for the public good years into the future. The US are the only ones so shortsighted about this stuff.
It kind of was. NJ was supposed to be reimbursed for the extra costs. FIFA did not hold up their end, so NJ raised prices.
I didn’t mean to imply that it’s FIFA’s call, but their profits would not be greatly diminished if they were to cover those costs. I agree about the proper course of action, but would never expect that to happen here in the US. It wasn’t a good call to host here to begin with. The infrastructure isn’t there, and didn’t magically appear in the meantime.
Also, most sane countries use the event as an excuse to invest in public transport and general cleanup of the area
Yeah but remember we’re talking about the USA here.
Compared to Canada 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, where your event ticket got you on the busses or Skytrain for free.
We’re sorry, WHAT?!
Only $80?
Boycott the World Cup, don’t watch on tv or in person. Don’t spend a penny on this shit show.
Why are the US even hosting this event? They don’t care about football and seemingly they don’t care about tourism anymore.
The answer is always $
It’s the only logical place. Trump won the FIFA peace prize. It’s only fair they hold the world cup in his country.
it’s not gonna go well
The World Cup has long since been a money grubbing exercise by FIFA.
Previously in Russia, Qatar… Saudi Arabia coming up soon. USA feels on brand in this crowd.
Well, they have to pay for the peace price somehow.
Sports gambling tainted all professional sports. I’ll go watch a little league game for athletes performing at their best the whole game.
I also wonder if they’re aware of public drinking/intoxication laws in the US.
As another user mentioned, the Evan Edinger did an interesting video on the transit situation in the last couple weeks
so many millions angry, but not angry enough to rise up en masse and remove thr thorn
Surely you don’t expect tourists to do what Americans don’t have the balls to do.
not here, no. but whats happening here is also being born in other countries. just as they expect us to fight it off here, i expect them to fight it off there for the same reasons
Other countries still have the rule of law so rising up isn’t required. Turkey (I have no idea how it’s supposed to be spelt now Tuekïë?) managed to get rid of their dictator by just voting him out.
