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Jersey City, NJ – On Wednesday marks exactly one year until the FIFA 2026 World Cup begins in North America, and the party began in the state where the final will be played.
It is the first time since 1994 that the continent is the host of the most popular sporting event, and the New Jersey of Phil Murphy will be the site of the final.
The Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford will organize eight games in total, including five in the group stage and games both in the rounds of 32 and 16.
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Governor Phil Murphy with the World Cup trophy, which will be played in New Jersey in 2026. It was part of Murphy’s budget speech for fiscal year 2025 of the State. (Chris Pedota, Northjesey.com / USA Today Network through Imagn Images)
When talking with the media on Wednesday at the Liberty State Park in Jersey City, the location of the Official World Cup Fan Festival 2026, Murphy predicted that the final in the house of the Giants and Jets of New York will be “the best selling event in human history.”
And for attendees, “Metlife’s experience will be outstanding,” Murphy said.
“It will be safe and safe, easy to enter and leave, a great experience for fans once they are in the stadium,” Murphy continued.
“This is about. A lot of preparation, and now to be able to show our vision and obtain the reaction we obtained, which was the emotion, energy, interest. This is,” added Alex Lasry, CEO of the Nynj host committee.
An overview of the Metlife stadium before a game between the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills at the Metlife Stadium on September 11, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Michael Owens/Getty images)
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“It is real. We are a year outside, and seeing the reaction of all of how much emotion there is for the World Cup makes us much more excited.”
Liberty State Park is home to the tremendous views of the horizon of New York City and the statue of freedom while it is full of vegetation, which makes it the perfect place for fans to meet. So, although Murphy will undoubtedly be in the eight World Cup games played in Metlife, there is a new responsibility to ensure that fans are entertaining for the other 96 competitions played in the other 15 host stadiums.
“The fan fest will be beyond words. Twenty -two screens, capacity of 45,000. When we are not in Metlife, we will be seeing here. Those experiences are extraordinary. This will not be the exception,” Murphy added.
2026 The promotion of the FIFA World Cup is shown at the Metlife stadium after a FIFA announcement on February 5, 2024 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Eduardo Munozalvarez/See Press through Getty Images)
“When you look at people’s ability to get here from New York and New Jersey, the iconic horizon and the views of this, and then, when you are only thinking about where to put at the party, there is no better,” said Lasry. “It is a unique place to organize the most emblematic admirers festival we are seeing. To be able to do it in New Jersey with the view of New York, it brings together the association.”
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