A study by FIFA and WTO prefigures an economic success in the United States linked to the two great events coming in 2025 and 2026
However it ends, it will be a success. Even if the United States national team does not succeed in the mission entrusted to him by the president Donald Trumpwin the cup in a traditionally European or South American sport. It will be a success the same because The two great events that FIFA will bring to the States in 2025 (Club World Cup enlarged to 32 teams) and in 2026 (World Cup together with Mexico and Canada) will generate an overall economic impact for the USA of over 47 billion dollars.
The estimate is contained in a joint study of FIFA and WTO, developed by Opened Economics. A dossier that lines the positive forecasts that accompany the two events assigned in recent years by Zurich to Washington. Last February the number one of world football, Gianni Infantinohe had been a guest of Trump at the White House to launch the first edition of the Allarogato Club World Cup which will start on June 14 to close in New Yok on July 13th. Event with a billion dollar prize pools and large collections for the teams selected through continental rankings: for Italy there will be Inter and Juventus.
For the United States, which have already hosted a World Cup in the now distant 1994, it will be a general test but from next summer the business opportunity will be important. The FIFA-WTO study, in fact, estimates an overall economic impact of the club tournament of 17.1 billion dollars with an impact of 9.6 on the US national GDP and benefit from 1.9 in direct and indirect fees and contributions. In short, a deal for the stars and stripes government that will also benefit from the (estimated) creation of 105,000 jobs equivalent to full time.
To these data must be added those provided for the 2026 World Cup, organized together with Canada and Mexico. Only in the States will it apply 30.5 billion of general impact with a 17.2 relapse on the gross domestic product, it will generate 3.4 billion of taxes and will help create 185,000 jobs throughout the induced.
The total of the two cups brings the economic impact to 47.6 billion, 26.8 on the GDP of the United States and 290,000 equivalent jobs. The Soccer will not be the sport most loved by the Americans, but the axis with the FIFA established in recent years is certainly making Washington administration. Compared to the USA ’94, the football culture of a nation has also been growing that has always focused more on basketball, American football, ice hockey and baseball. The MLS is a championship that develops in very modern arenas, has a medium European spectators around 30 thousand units and from time to time it also attracts some talent from the old continent. Not necessarily at the end of the career, even if the presence of Leo put to Miami is the showcase jewel of the whole movement.
