The United States is hosting the world’s largest sports program next year and is expected to be a major winner in New York and New Jersey.
Officials from both states are providing $ 3.3 billion to the region by hosting eight matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. All of them will be at the Met Life Stadium in New Jersey, especially in the final on July 19, 2026, the program is expected to attract more than 12 million fans and tourists, which was reported by a local sports organizer – Bloomberg.
According to the committee’s estimates, the tournament will generate $ 1.7 billion in total labor income for the regional economy and $ 1.7 billion from both the match and non -match participants from the match and non -match participants.
According to Bloomberg, World Cup FIFA is expected to be the most participation next year, according to Bloomberg, nearly six million Six fans around the world have offered to participate in 104 matches in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Out of the trilateral area, Boston, Dallas, Kansas City, Philadelphia and the other 11 US cities in Los Angeles are hosted by matches.
“This is an opportunity to describe the legacy of a sustainable economic and social impact for New York and New Jersey,” said Alex Lesry, chief executive officer of the NYNJ host committee. “From record tourism and global interest to local investment and job creation, this tournament will help create the future of our region.”
According to the summary, more than 26,000 jobs will be created in both states to support sports. The program will set up about $ 23 432 million in state and local tax revenue. The host committee of the NYNJ partnered with the tourism economics, a subsidiary of Oxford Economics.
President Donald Trump, who calls FIFA President Giani Infantino, is hopeful about the World Turnout in next year’s World Cup, even as his ongoing trade policies are affecting different countries, many of which are expected to compete in the tournament.
“Stress is a good thing,” Trump said during a FIFA Task Force meeting earlier this year. ” “This will make it more interesting.”
Club World Cup 2025, a 63-match tournament in which Elite Club teams gathered around the world, was held on July 13 in the New Jersey-New York area. FIFA reports that the program attracted about 1.5 1.5 million fans, but many matches were clearly vacant. This will definitely not happen with the World Cup, as matches are expected to participate in the next year.
