New York / New Jersey Match Day Guide — What You Need to Know

🎟️ Stadium entry

• • Gates open ~90 min before kickoff
• • Clear bag policy (max ~30×20×15 cm)
• • Ticket QR + ID required
• • Arrive early: lower bowl 75 min, upper bowl 45 min

🍽️ Pre-match restaurants & bars

Best pre-match scene: walk from Midtown Manhattan. Plenty of pubs and street food on the route to New York New Jersey Stadium.

🚇 Transport ranked

1. 1. Newark (EWR) — take AirTrain to Newark Liberty Rail Station ($8.25), then NJ Transit to Secaucus Junction (~15 min).
2. 2. At Secaucus, transfer to the Meadowlands Rail Line direct to MetLife Stadium ($5.50, match days only).
3. 3. From JFK: AirTrain to Jamaica → LIRR to Penn Station → NJ Transit to Secaucus → Meadowlands shuttle (~1h45).
4. 4. From LGA: Q70 bus to Woodside → LIRR to Penn → NJ Transit (~1h30).

~60 min from EWR, ~1h45 from JFK door to gate

🌤️ Match-day weather