SadaNews – The expected economic impact of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico is projected to reach $80.1 billion, according to a study released by FIFA and the World Trade Organization, highlighting the social and economic effects of the tournament scheduled to take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
The Kennedy Center hosted the draw for the 2026 World Cup on Friday, attended by U.S. President Donald Trump – who received the inaugural “FIFA Peace” Award – Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, and representatives from the participating countries.<\/p>\n
The Kennedy Center will receive approximately $7.4 million from FIFA for hosting the draw, as reported by the Associated Press citing Roma Daravi, Vice President of Public Relations at the center, which will donate $2.4 million along with sponsorship opportunities worth $5 million.<\/p>\n
$80 Billion Economic Impact<\/p>\n
According to the study, the economic output of this largest World Cup edition featuring 48 teams is estimated at about $80.1 billion, distributed as $30.5 billion for the United States and $49.6 billion for the rest of the world. Direct and indirect financial gains from associated event expenditures and tourism will contribute to this total.<\/p>\n
The tournament could help increase GDP by approximately $40.9 billion, including $17.2 billion for the United States, generating $9.4 billion in direct and indirect government revenues, and providing $8.28 billion in social benefits.<\/p>\n
It is expected that the tournament will create around 824,000 full-time jobs worldwide, with the total net wages for employees reaching $20.8 billion, slightly less than half of which will be in the United States. Estimates suggest that around 6.5 million people will attend the matches in the three host countries.<\/p>\n
$14 Billion in Expenses<\/p>\n
The total expenses for the 2026 World Cup are estimated at approximately $13.9 billion, which includes capital investments, host city costs, FIFA investments, and anticipated tourist expenditures for the first World Cup featuring 48 teams across three countries.<\/p>\n
FIFA has allocated $3.9 billion in investments, over $1.5 billion of which is for operations, and $900 million for prize money, while the remaining funds will be distributed across broadcasting, team services, administrative costs, and marketing.<\/p>\n
U.S. expenses are about $11.1 billion, including $2.9 billion from FIFA costs and $6.4 billion from expected tourism spending, which is estimated to total around $7.5 billion.<\/p>\n
Record Arab Participation in the World Cup<\/p>\n
The tournament will feature a record participation of Arab teams with 7 teams, including Qatar, which will compete in Group B alongside Canada, Switzerland, and a European team qualifying through the playoffs from among (Italy, Northern Ireland, Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina).<\/p>\n
The Moroccan team – fourth in the last edition in Qatar – will compete in Group C, with Brazil, Haiti, and Scotland.<\/p>\n
The Tunisian team is in Group F alongside the Netherlands and Japan, waiting for a European team to qualify through the playoffs from among (Ukraine, Sweden, Poland, Albania).<\/p>\n
As for the Egyptian team, they were drawn into Group G to compete with Belgium, Iran, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n
The Saudi team will be in Group H, competing against Spain, Uruguay, and Cape Verde. Group J will see an Arab derby between Algeria and Jordan, with Argentina, the defending champion, and Austria.<\/p>\n
Arab participation might increase, with Iraq’s team entering the global playoff in March; if they qualify, they will be in Group I with France, Norway, and Senegal.<\/p>\n
Source: Al Sharq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SadaNews – The expected economic impact of the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55,121787,121786],"class_list":{"0":"post-303499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom","13":"tag-121787","14":"tag-121786"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}