FIFA World Cup<\/a> continues, North Texas leaders say planning for one of the world\u2019s largest sporting events is well underway.<\/p>\nIn June, 11 cities across the United States will welcome visitors from around the globe. This week, that preparation brought a high-profile White House visit to Arlington.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Dr. Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the U.S. White House Task Force for the 2026 World Cup, toured AT&T Stadium, Fair Park, and the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center.<\/p>\n
The task force is responsible for coordinating federal efforts tied to security, infrastructure, and fan experience as host cities prepare.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe safety and security to me, that is the key part to all of this,\u201d Giuliani said.<\/p>\n
Giuliani emphasized that preventing security incidents remains a top priority.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t want this story to be about a security incident that either happens in the stadium or somewhere else,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\nWill ICE be at AT&T Stadium for World Cup? <\/p>\n
During the press conference, Giuliani was asked about immigration enforcement. When asked whether ICE agents or Homeland Security would be present at World Cup matches, Giuliani declined to outline specific plans.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that Secretary Noem and President Trump don\u2019t take everything off the table \u2026 I\u2019m not going to comment on what the security footprint is going to look like but we\u2019re going to do everything we can do make sure the venues are safe,\u201d Giuliani said.<\/p>\n
WFAA was not allowed on the tour.<\/p>\n
However, Arlington Police Chief Alexander Jones told WFAA that security planning has been ongoing for months, pointing to the city\u2019s experience hosting large-scale events.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing big events in Arlington for a long time \u2026 it\u2019s about making sure that you\u2019re not committing crimes because those are the folks that we\u2019re really going after,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n
WFAA has also reported that Dallas police expect roughly 35,000 people per day at the World Cup fan fest at Fair Park, with federal partners involved in security planning.<\/p>\n
With the tournament drawing closer, officials say their focus remains on keeping visitors safe as the world\u2019s attention turns to North Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday, Dr. Andrew Giuliani toured AT&T Stadium, Fair Park and the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. ARLINGTON,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":{"0":"post-125062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-arlington-headlines","10":"tag-arlington-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}