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The United States is hosting the majority of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. FIFA’s own data shows the U.S. is not the majority economic beneficiary of doing so.
According to the FIFA World Cup 2026 Socioeconomic Impact Analysis, published in March 2025, the Rest of World economies will generate a total of $23.7 billion of value in gross domestic product (GDP) from the tournament.
That is $6.6 billion more than the United States’ $17.2 billion.
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FIFA projects approximately $14 billion in revenues from the 2026 World Cup.
As a non-profit organization registered in Switzerland, FIFA does not pay U.S. corporate income tax on revenues generated from operations on American soil.
The U.S. GDP impact from the tournament is $17.2 billion. FIFA’s projected untaxed take is approximately $14 billion.
If a standard 21% U.S. corporate tax rate applied to FIFA’s American revenues, the U.S. federal government would collect approximately $2.94 billion.
That is a fund that could partially offset the costs of public infrastructure, security, and services borne by host cities across the United States.
That offset does not exist.
Host cities in Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, Houston, and Miami contributed public funds to stadium upgrades, law enforcement deployments, transportation improvements, and public services.
Those costs appear nowhere in the FIFA socioeconomic analysis as a deduction from the benefit figure.
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