00:00We are here in Harlem, New York City, where New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani just announced 1,000 affordable
00:07tickets for New Yorkers across the five boroughs.
00:10We're talking about 1,000 tickets for local World Cup matches here that will only be $50.
00:16We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.
00:21And that is why we stand together today to say that we have partnered with the New York, New Jersey
00:27Host Committee to secure 1,000 affordable tickets for New Yorkers to the World Cup.
00:39These 1,000 tickets are going to be split into batches of 150 tickets for each of the five group
00:44stage matches and two knockout round matches in New York, New Jersey, and tickets will cost only $50.
00:52We're here with two U.S. Men's National Team players, boy Timmy and my boy Mark McKenzie as well.
00:57How are y'all feeling as not just local New Yorkers but actual National Team players to be part of
01:01bringing this accessibility of the World Cup to your community?
01:05It's definitely super important to me as well, being an inner-city kid, you know, coming from Rosedale.
01:10I think we all had dreams of being at a World Cup or playing football at the highest level.
01:14So being able to inspire the next generation and have them in there is an amazing feeling.
01:19And Mayor Ramdani is doing an amazing job with it.
01:21I'm just so happy to be able to represent my community.
01:26Mark Dots?
01:28Yeah, shoot, I mean, I got the same sentiments.
01:30I don't know how much else that's different.
01:31But, again, to bring the game to so many people who may not have the ability to at least see
01:37the game in a stadium, to feel the energy.
01:39I think everybody, each of us can attest to that, right?
01:41To be in a stadium, to feel the atmosphere, to feel the supporters.
01:44And then you add on top of that is the World Cup, where you got people from every walk of
01:48life to come together and to enjoy the game.
01:50I mean, there's nothing that really beat there.
01:52We're here in Little Senegal.
01:54How are you feeling about the announcement today?
01:55Because the Mayor really, really cares about his people, you know what I'm saying?
01:59And he really has love for the football community, love for the African culture.
02:05Because you can see that he did the interview in Harlem, you know what I'm saying?
02:11And you know that Harlem, this is the biggest Senegalese African community in here.
02:15So he's supposed to show you, like, how much that the Mayor loves the Senegalese African community.
02:21Exactly.
02:26All right, I'm here with a local New Yorker, Egyptian, and Egyptian fan.
02:30Introduce yourself, brother.
02:31My name is Besam, part of Queen's Pickup.
02:34For sure, man.
02:34Now, how are you feeling about the opportunity to potentially watch your nation in this region with an affordable ticket?
02:40I think that means the world, because honestly, being in New York, life is expensive.
02:46So if we could just get a ticket to have a life-changing experience, I think it would mean the
02:50world.
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