FIFA says US government has final say on World Cup host cities' safety amid Trump's threats to Boston
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Relocating World Cup matches unlikely despite Trump rhetoric, current and former officials say
NEW YORK: Senior figures behind the 2026 World Cup dismissed concerns that US president Donald Trump could move matches from cities he does not deem “safe.” Republican president Trump said last month that he would consider moving games from Democrat-controlled San Francisco and Seattle if they did not cooperate with his immigration and crime initiatives. He raised the issue again this week, this time targeting Boston and its Democratic Mayor Michelle Wu, suggesting he could appeal directly to FIFA boss Gianni Infantino. John Kristick, who led Canada, Mexico and the United States’ successful bid to jointly host the 2026 finals, emphasized that planning has been underway for nearly a decade and remains unaffected by political rhetoric. “From what I’m seeing, there’s been zero distraction in terms of the preparedness,” Kristick, co-head of global events at Playfly Sports Consulting, told Reuters. “Tickets are already being sold.
More than one million World Cup tickets sold through Visa pre-sales
PARIS :More than one million tickets for the 2026 World Cup have been sold following the conclusion of the Visa pre-sales phase, world football’s governing body FIFA said on Thursday.
Trump repeats threat to move World Cup games away from Boston after mayor boasts current hosting rights
President Donald Trump takes questions live from the White House following a presser with FBI Director Kash Patel.
FIFA: U.S. govt to determine 2026 World Cup city safety - ESPN
FIFA has acknowledged that the United States government has the final say on determining the safety of World Cup host cities.
Trump threatens to pull World Cup games out of Boston if 'there's unsafe conditions'
President Donald Trump said he may call FIFA's president to suggest World Cup games be moved out of Boston if he believes there are safety concerns in the city.
Donald Trump: FIFA would ‘very easily’ move World Cup matches if asked
United States president Donald Trump says his FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino would “very easily” move 2026 World Cup matches away from designated host cities if he asked him to.
Trump says FIFA chief would back moving World Cup games
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that FIFA chief Gianni Infantino would support moving 2026 World Cup games from US cities for security reasons if necessary. In September, Trump raised the possibility of moving games amid his crackdown on Democratic-run cities, but at the time FIFA said that it was up to football’s governing body to decide where games are held. “If somebody is doing a bad job and if I feel there’s unsafe conditions, I would call Gianni, the head of FIFA, who’s phenomenal, and I would say, let’s move it to another location. And he would do that,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked if games could be moved from Boston, one of the host cities. “Very easily he would do it.” Trump’s comments came a day after he met close friend Infantino in Egypt at a summit on a Gaza ceasefire, where the FIFA boss joined more than two dozen world leaders who were discussing peace in the Middle East. The US president also suggested that, if necessary, events for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics could also be moved. “I could say the same thing for the Olympics,” Trump said.