New York offers $25 Haaland tickets June 7

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has joined Red Bull New York and other regional officials in a new ticket promotion tied to next week’s World Cup buildup in the New York area. Starting June 1, fans can buy all-in $25 tickets for Norway’s June 7 friendly against Morocco at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey. The match is part of the “Road to 26” series of pre-World Cup games and is being marketed around Norway striker Erling Haaland, the team’s best-known player. The same June 1 announcement also included discounted tickets for Bolivia vs. Scotland on June 6 and free admission for multiple World Cup fan-hub dates at the stadium. ### Where is this game actually being played? Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, will host Morocco vs. Norway on Sunday, June 7, at 3 p.m. ET, according to the New York Red Bulls’ April 14 announcement. The venue is the Red Bulls’ home stadium and sits across the Hudson from New York City, making it part of the broader New York-New Jersey World Cup footprint. (oursportscentral.com) The June 7 match follows Bolivia vs. Scotland at the same stadium on Saturday, June 6, as part of a weekend doubleheader in the “Road to 26” schedule. The series is being staged in U.S. venues ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. ### What exactly is the $25 offer? (newyorkredbulls.com) Red Bull New York said on June 1 that discounted “all-in” $25 tickets are now available for two fixtures at Sports Illustrated Stadium: Bolivia vs. Scotland on June 6 and Morocco vs. Norway on June 7. The club’s release said the price includes fees and is available for a limited time through the Road to 26 ticket page. (newyorkredbulls.com) The June 1 release described the ticket push as part of a joint effort involving the FIFA World Cup 2026 NYNJ Host Committee, New York Governor Kathy Hochul, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, Mamdani, Harrison Mayor James Fife and Red Bull New York. The release did not specify how many $25 seats were being offered for the friendlies. (oursportscentral.com) ### Why is Haaland the draw here? Erling Haaland is the most prominent player attached to the June 7 match, and the Red Bulls’ April 14 announcement described him as Norway’s “international superstar.” Norway is returning to the World Cup this summer for the first time since 1998, according to that release. (oursportscentral.com) Road to 26’s event page says Morocco and Norway have not met since a 2-2 draw in the 1998 World Cup group stage. The page also says Morocco enters the summer after qualifying for a third straight World Cup. ### Is this related to Mamdani’s earlier World Cup ticket push? Mamdani announced a separate program on May 21 for 1,000 World Cup tickets priced at $50 for New York City residents through a lottery, according to Yahoo Sports and CBS New York. (newyorkredbulls.com) That offer applied to actual 2026 World Cup matches at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, not the June 7 Norway-Morocco friendly in Harrison. (roadto26.com) In that earlier announcement, Mamdani said, “We don’t want sports to become a luxury commodity,” according to Yahoo Sports. The June 1 friendly-ticket promotion extends the same affordability message into the week before the World Cup opens in the region. (sports.yahoo.com) ### What happens next? June 6 and June 7 are the next dates attached to the discounted friendlies, with Bolivia playing Scotland first and Morocco facing Norway the following afternoon. Red Bull New York said free-admission Jersey Fan Hub dates at Sports Illustrated Stadium will then begin on June 14 and run through the group stage and knockout rounds of the World Cup. (oursportscentral.com) (sports.yahoo.com)