New Jersey’s Democrat governor scraps plans for $5million week-long World Cup party
Huge World Cup fan fest near iconic landmark canceled
- A week-long World Cup fan festival planned for Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, has been cancelled, months after tickets went on sale.
- The New York and New Jersey World Cup host committee scrapped plans for the event this week, which was intended to be open for all 104 matches of the tournament starting on June 11.
- Instead of the single large festival, an "expanded network of fan zones and community celebrations" across New Jersey's 21 counties will serve as the region's official fan engagement program, officials said.
- Newly-inaugurated New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill announced a $5 million initiative to fund community World Cup activities but didn’t say why the FanFest was canceled.
- While a New York City FanFest in Queens Corona Park also did not proceed, new plans include a fan event at the U.S. Tennis Association's Billie Jean King National Tennis Center fromJune 17-28 and a fan village at Manhattan's Rockefeller Center from July 4-19.
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