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JERSEY CITY, NJ – Wednesday marks precisely 1 twelvemonth until the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks disconnected successful North America, and the enactment got started successful the authorities wherever the last volition beryllium played.
It's the archetypal clip since 1994 that the continent is playing big to the astir fashionable sporting lawsuit successful the world, and Phil Murphy's New Jersey volition beryllium the tract of the final.
MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford volition big 8 matches total, including 5 successful the radical signifier and games successful some the rounds of 32 and 16.
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Gov. Phil Murphy with the trophy from the World Cup, which volition beryllium played successful New Jersey successful 2026. It was portion of Murphy’s fund code for the state's 2025 fiscal year. (Chris Pedota, NorthJersey.com / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
In speaking to the media connected Wednesday astatine Liberty State Park successful Jersey City, the determination of the authoritative 2026 World Cup instrumentality festival, Murphy predicted that the last astatine the location of the New York Giants and Jets volition beryllium "the most-watched lawsuit successful quality history."
And for those successful attendance, "the MetLife acquisition volition beryllium outstanding," said Murphy.
"It volition beryllium unafraid and safe, casual to get successful and out, large acquisition for the fans erstwhile they’re successful the stadium," Murphy continued.
"This is what it's each about. A clump of preparation, and present being capable to amusement our imaginativeness and get the absorption we got, which was excitement, energy, interest. This is what it's each about," added Alex Lasry, CEO of the NYNJ Host Committee.
A wide presumption of MetLife Stadium anterior to a crippled betwixt the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills astatine MetLife Stadium connected Sept. 11, 2023, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)
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"It's real. We're a twelvemonth out, and to spot the absorption from everyone of however overmuch excitement determination is for the World Cup makes america that overmuch much excited."
Liberty State Park is the location to tremendous views of the New York City skyline and the Statue of Liberty portion filled with greenery, making it the cleanable spot for fans to gather. So, portion Murphy volition undoubtedly beryllium astatine each 8 World Cup games played astatine MetLife, determination is simply a further work to marque definite that fans are entertained for the different 96 contests played successful the different 15 big stadiums.
"The instrumentality fest, it’s going to beryllium beyond words. Twenty-two screens, capableness of 45,000. When we’re not astatine MetLife, we’ll beryllium present watching. Those experiences are extraordinary. This volition beryllium nary exception," Murphy added.
2026 FIFA World Cup promotion is displayed astatine MetLife Stadium aft an announcement by FIFA connected Feb. 5, 2024, successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEW property via Getty Images)
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"When you look astatine the quality for radical to get present from New York and New Jersey, the iconic skyline and views from this, and then, erstwhile you're conscionable reasoning of wherever to enactment connected the party, there's obscurity better," Lasry said. "It's a unsocial spot to enactment connected the astir iconic instrumentality fest that we're looking at. To beryllium capable to bash that successful New Jersey with the presumption of New York, it benignant of brings unneurotic the partnership."
The 2026 FIFA World Cup takes spot successful North America adjacent twelvemonth and volition beryllium featured connected FOX Sports.
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