Hold your breath.
The heads of NJ Transit and the FIFA World Cup New York New Jersey Host Committee are holding a press conference Friday to talk World Cup transportation plans, 60 days until the tournament kicks off in Mexico.
Eight of the games, including the final, will be played at MetLife Stadium — and transit in and around the area tends to get nightmarish at high-volume times. Plans are underway to mitigate the inevitable headaches.
That includes plans for New York Penn Station. NJ Transit expects to move about 40,000 people daily on match days, and roughly 28,000 (70%) of those people are expected to move through the Manhattan transportation hub, according to NorthJersey.com, which first reported some planned Penn Station changes earlier this week.
(See the full World Cup schedule, including all local matches, here.)
The host committee and transit agency have not confirmed those plans to other media. Details are expected to be shared by NJ Transit President and CEO Kris Kolluri and Alex Lasry, CEO of the NYNJ Host Committee at a 9 a.m. press conference Friday. Watch it live in the player above when it starts.
The event is scheduled at the Meadowlands Chamber Eggs & Issues Policy Center at 9 a.m. Watch it live in the player above when it starts.
New York City has made some adjustments as well. Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday announced that the city would not approve permits for large-scale events this summer because of increased demand on the NYPD during the World Cup and America250 celebrations. He called it a matter of public safety.
