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World Cup Fan Festival At Liberty State Park To Be Replaced By $5M In Events Statewide
New Jersey redirects $5 million from Liberty State Park FanFest to fund fan zones and community events across all 21 counties to boost local businesses and cultural groups.
- On Thursday, New Jersey canceled the Liberty State Park fan festival and will allocate $5 million for statewide fan-zone events, officials said.
- About a year earlier, officials concluded there was no workable, cost-effective way to manage tens of thousands of fans at Liberty State Park, abandoning the original plan, officials said.
- The NJEDA and the host committee will organize major fan zones and support small and mid-sized watch parties, festivals, and street fairs across 21 counties in New Jersey.
- Ticketmaster said refunds for tickets purchased last month will appear within 14-21 days, while Melanie Rudin of Jersey City's Restaurant Owners Coalition said the cancellation hurt local vendors, though some see new community opportunities.
- With the World Cup opening on June 11, officials said events will be announced in the coming weeks to support small businesses and reflect diverse cultures, including fan zones at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, and Rockefeller Center, Manhattan.
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A World Cup FanFest that had been planned near the Statue of Liberty is canceled
The New York and New Jersey World Cup host committee has canceled its fan festival that had been planned to be held at Liberty State Park in Jersey City.
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Massive World Cup fan fest at Liberty State Park in New Jersey canceled in shock move
A massive World Cup fan fest that had been planned for Liberty State Park in Jersey City was scrapped Thursday in a surprise move. The fan fest was slated to run from June 11 through July 19, but the state of New Jersey canceled the plans and instead announced it was allocating $5 million to support local community initiatives for soccer fans across the Garden State.
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