Zohran Mamdani is hoping to score big with New York soccer fans.
The Democratic socialist mayoral hopeful launched a petition on Tuesday night calling on FIFA to drop its plan to use dynamic pricing for next summer’s World Cup that is being jointly hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, with the final game slated to be played at MetLife Stadium.
The campaign, dubbed “Game Over Greed,” was launched with a stylized video of the candidate posted to social media shortly after The Athletic broke the news of Mamdani’s planned petition. 3
As part of his call to action, Mamdani, 33, is demanding that FIFA reverse course with its dynamic pricing plan — which sets ticket prices based on demand from fans. He also called for setting a cap on resale prices and putting aside 15 perce