New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major concession — from June 11 to July 19, New Yorkers will be able to “eat, drink, and celebrate the World Cup for just $26 at restaurants across all five boroughs.”
“From Little Senegal in Harlem to Little Odessa in Brooklyn, our city’s diversity is our greatest strength, and now it’s on the menu. Be part of the excitement, support small businesses, and eat up all this city has to offer,” he wrote on X.
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According to a report by Eater, nearly 300 restaurants have already signed up for this deal. These include Staten Island brewery Kills Boro Brewing Company, Harlem comfort food restaurant Red Rooster, Rockefeller Center Korean restaurant Naro, Jackson Heights Italian restaurant Armondo’s, Little Neck Tunisian bistro La Baraka, Texas-style barbecue restaurant Morgan’s in Prospect Heights, and many others. The full list will be published on the city’s website by the time the World Cup begins.
There’s also a special World Cup-themed cup designed for each borough created by design consultant Arsh Raziuddin, that restaurants can opt to offer.
The deadline remains open for businesses who want to sign up for the deal till July 1. Those who want to offer the World Cup cups can sign up by June 11. The deal coincides with Mamdani’s neighborhood passport program, where people can collect stamps by going to neighborhoods, museums, and events across the five boroughs. The passports are available at all New York Public Library locations.
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Last week the NYC mayor — who has made affordability a key part of his agenda — announced that a new tranche of 2026 World Cup tickets will be made available to residents of the five boroughs at $50 per ticket. A total of 1,000 tickets will be available as part of the program, with a block of about 150 tickets for each of the seven games.
They will be distributed via random draw, and will be for every game at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium other than the final. They will also include bus transportation to and from the event. The tickets will be located in the upper bowl of the 82,000-capacity MetLife Stadium. The games eligible for the program include five group games (Brazil v. Morocco on June 13, France v. Senegal on June 16, Norway v. Senegal on June 22, Ecuador v. Germany on June 25 and Panama v. England on June 27), plus a Round of 32 game on June 30 and a Round of 16 game on July 5.