With the Super Bowl just four weeks away, things are ramping up for the Big Game, and one of those things involves our MetroCards. As part of an advertising deal for an undisclosed amount of money, the Super Bowl host committee has purchased 1 million MetroCards and adorned them with one of the four designs you see above this post. The cards are available at booths and vending machines at 400 stations throughout the system and will be on sale between now and the Super Bowl in early February.
Your chances of finding a promotional card are approximately one in four as around 4 million MetroCards per month are put into circulation. Buy up, if you’re looking for one. Meanwhile, PATH is getting into the game as well as they’re releasing limited edition SmartLink cards with a Super Bowl tie-in. Ironically, you can’t use a MetroCard or a PATH card to get to the Super Bowl, but the collector’s items will be with us forever.
From 3:30 a.m. Saturday, January 11 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, January 12, 4 trains are suspended between 149 St-Grand Concourse and Woodlawn due to track maintenance and track panel installation between 149 St-Grand Concourse and 161Street-Yankee Stadium. 4 trains operate between Utica Ave/New Lots Av and 149 St-Grand Concourse. Customers are advised to use crosstown buses to access nearby D stations. Free shuttle buses operate in two sections:
- Between 149 St-Grand Concourse and 161 St Yankee-Stadium and
- Between Woodlawn and the Bedford Park Boulevard D station.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 10 to 4:00 a.m. Monday, January 13, Brooklyn Bridge-bound trains run express from Pelham Bay Park to Parkchester due to station work and platform demolition work at Castle Hill Avenue and Middletown Road stations.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 10 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 13, Brooklyn-bound A trains run express from 59 St-Columbus Circle to Canal St due to structural survey work in the Rutgers Tunnel.
From 5:30 p.m. Saturday, January 11 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, January 12, A trains are suspended between Howard Beach and Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue due to the installation of third rail heaters between Howard Beach-JFK Airport and Aqueduct, and for maintenance on the North Channel Bridge. Free shuttle buses operate in two segments.
- Non-stop between Howard Beach-JFK Airport and Far Rockaway via Nassau Expressway
- Between Howard Beach-JFK Airport and Rockaway Park, stopping at Broad Channel.
From 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, Brooklyn-bound C trains run express from 59 St-Columbus Circle to Canal St due to structural survey work in the Rutgers Tunnel.
From 12:01 a.m. Saturday, January 11 to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 13, D trains run local in both directions between 34 St-Herald Sq and W4 St due to switch repairs south of 14 Street.
From 12:15 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, and from 12:15 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 13, E trains run express from Queens Plaza to Roosevelt Ave due to track tie renewal north of Queens Plaza.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 10, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 13, Manhattan-bound E trains skip Van Wyck Blvd and 75 Ave due to signal modernization at Forest Hills-71st Avenue and Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike.
From 9:45 p.m. Friday, January 10, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 13, Queens-bound F trains run on the M line from 47-50 Sts to Queens Plaza due to Second Avenue Subway construction.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 10, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 13, Brooklyn-bound F trains skip Sutphin Blvd, Van Wyck Blvd and 75 Av due to signal cable installation.
From 11:45 p.m. Friday, January 10, to 5:00 a.m. Monday, January 13, Brooklyn-bound F trains are rerouted via the A line from W4 St to Jay St-MetroTech due to structural survey work in the Rutgers Tunnel.
From 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, G trains run every 20 minutes between Court Sq and Bedford-Nostrand Avs, due to Fix and Fortify Sandy Recovery Work in the Greenpoint Tube.
From 6:45 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, Coney Island-bound trains are rerouted via the D line from 36th St to Coney Island Stillwell Av, due to design survey work near 20 Ave.
From 6:00 a.m. to 12 midnight Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, Queens-bound R trains run express from Queens Plaza to Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave due to track tie renewal north of Queens Plaza.
(Rockaway Shuttle)
From 5:30 p.m. Saturday, January 11 to 10:00 p.m. Sunday, January 12, Rockaway Park Shuttle trains run between Rockaway Park and Far Rockaway due to the installation of third rail heaters between Howard Beach and Aqueduct, and for maintenance on the North Channel Bridge. Free shuttle buses operate between Howard Beach-JFK Airport and Rockaway Park, stopping at Broad Channel.
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I got a blue Super Bowl one from a booth at our very own Grand Army Plaza. I was transferring a $7 balance from my emergency pay-per-ride card. I think I’ll keep this one untouched for such a small amount left over.