News Summary

• Train tickets, normally priced at $12.90 (£9.50) from central New York to the nearby Met Life stadium in New Jersey, were ramped up to $150 for the tournament.
• New Jersey governor has said the inflated prices are because Fifa has refused to subsidise transport expenditure.
• At the World Cups in Russia and Qatar there was free transport available for fans to use to get to games and fan zones.
• The US had committed to offer the same perk in its 2018 host agreement.
• In a tweak to the agreement, made in 2023, it was decided that supporters would be charged to travel at cost value.