{"id":702005,"date":"2026-05-29T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/702005\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T17:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:30:08","slug":"world-cup-hosting-brings-financial-questions-for-nfl-owners-despite-visibility-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/702005\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup hosting brings financial questions for NFL owners despite visibility boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-events-and-attractions \">Bragging rights and a place in history \u201cmight be the most compelling reasons\u201d to host FIFA World Cup matches, but from a financial perspective, it is \u201chard to see what\u2019s in it for NFL owners,\u201d according to Ben Volin of the BOSTON GLOBE. The experience is \u201criddled with expensive headaches and hoop-jumping,\u201d while FIFA \u201ckeeps most of the revenue.\u201d Eleven NFL stadiums will host World Cup matches, but several of the league\u2019s cities \u201ctook a pass.\u201d One NFL official from a city that will not be hosting said, \u201cI know more than a few teams weren\u2019t disappointed to lose the bid.\u201d The 11 stadiums are built for football, not soccer, while several domed stadiums installed LED lighting to grow grass indoors. Several stadiums spent millions making other changes. All venues paid to conceal corporate logos and advertising that are not FIFA\u2019s exclusive partners. There are also \u201copportunity costs.\u201d FIFA\u2019s \u201cexclusive use\u201d agreements mean none of the stadiums can host other events for the next month and a half. The World Cup will \u201cstill bring benefits\u201d despite FIFA\u2019s \u201cDraconian restrictions.\u201d Seven also own MLS teams and they are \u201chopeful\u201d for a boost in soccer. For the hosts who do not own MLS teams, their participation is \u201cmore about being seen on TV, and helping the local economy\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2026\/05\/29\/sports\/world-cup-nfl-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BOSTON GLOBE, 5\/29<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bragging rights and a place in history \u201cmight be the most compelling reasons\u201d to host FIFA World Cup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[81251,49,48,527,94247,514,561,82,13009],"class_list":["post-702005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-2026-fifa-world-cup","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-football","tag-international-soccer","tag-nfl","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}