{"id":179553,"date":"2026-03-30T11:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/179553\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:41:16","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-alex-lasry-new-york-new-jersey-world-cup-host-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/179553\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 \u2014 Alex Lasry, New York \/ New Jersey World Cup Host Committee\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ANXVPSIQHNHBBKGE43ODNVJDTI.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Getty Images Alex LasryChief Executive Officer, New York\/New Jersey World Cup Host Committee <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-events-and-attractions \">Alex Lasry will play a key role in shaping the World Cup experience for fans attending matches in the country\u2019s largest market, including the final at MetLife Stadium. Since joining the organization early last year, Lasry and CBO Fred Mangione have aggressively pursued revenue through the sale of Host City Supporters packages while developing fan activations at Rockefeller Center and the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. New Jersey\u2019s decision to scrap the official FIFA Fan Festival at Liberty State Park has forced last-minute changes that are still taking shape. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images Alex LasryChief Executive Officer, New York\/New Jersey World Cup Host Committee Alex Lasry will play a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11015,9,11,10,64189,13296,14771],"class_list":{"0":"post-179553","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-fifa","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-headlines","11":"tag-new-york-news","12":"tag-power-players","13":"tag-print","14":"tag-world-cup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}