Panama vs. England
Saturday, June 27, 2026 · Kickoff 17:00 ET · MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford NJ. Stay 0.3 miles away at World of Blue and skip the post-game traffic that ruins everyone else's night.
Where to stay
World of Blue is the closest full-service luxury hotel to MetLife Stadium — 0.3 miles, straight-line, the only hotel inside the stadium perimeter that isn't connected to the event-org infrastructure. 427 newly rebuilt rooms across 21 stories. Blue View rooms are our largest layout, with a separate living lounge.
Direct-book hotel guests get 2 standard shuttle seats free (extras at $100), 15% off match-day parking, and the hotel-guest lane through the manned security gate. Match-night room rates and shoulder-night rates are visible at booking.
Match-day parking
$250 per vehicle for Panama vs. England (group stage rate). Direct-book hotel guests pay 15% less.
The fee covers what your room rate doesn't: full-service insured valet, NJ State Police + 24/7 armed perimeter security, and the private shuttle network into and out of the stadium. It is not bundled free — every vehicle entering the property pays, hotel guests included.
Hotel guests add a match-day parking pass (every room booked here includes one). Not staying with us? New Jersey stadium rules (NJSEA) don't allow off-site parking to be sold on its own, so you buy a Hospitality Pass — food and a beer at our Low Tide Bar & Grille plus a shuttle to the stadium, with parking included. Either way the pass arrives by email as printable PDF, Apple Wallet, or Google Wallet, single-use, scanned at our manned gate. Parking & hospitality for Panama vs. England →
Getting to the gates
The standard shuttle drops at the American Dream pedestrian entrance — a covered walkway carries you across Route 3 directly into MetLife. Coaches begin running 5 hours before kickoff (so for Panama vs. England, starting at 12:00 ET) — and a full coach leaves as soon as it fills. Return pickup from the same point starts 1 hour after the final whistle; ours is expected to be the only coach bus allowed into MetLife, so it is easy to spot.
Direct-book WoB room guests: 2 shuttle seats free, extras at $100. Hotel-elsewhere guests: $75/seat. Non-hotel guests: $150/seat.
VIP shuttle (VAAP) drives inside MetLife's perimeter — $450/seat, very limited, never bundled with rooms.
Watch parties and hospitality suites
For organizations and federations bringing groups to Panama vs. England, World of Blue offers hospitality suite buyouts in the Horizon Ballroom (up to 1,200 guests for a private watch party with live broadcast), corporate parking blocks, and pre-game receptions in the Skyline Ballroom (up to 700 guests) with city-skyline views.
Contact events@theworldofblue.com for hospitality and group rates.
Book the closest hotel.
Direct guests: 2 shuttle seats free, 15% off parking, hotel-guest gate lane. Match-night rates show at booking.