SportsTalk, May 9th FIFA President Infantino emphasized the importance of major sports events such as the World Cup at the 27th Milken Institute Annual Global Conference in Los Angeles. Sex, he said, said the World Cup created a shared emotion that helped bring people together around the world.
The United States will co-host the World Cup with its North American neighbors Canada and Mexico, which will also expand to 48 teams for the first time. An unprecedented 104 games occurred. Infantino calls it Super Bowl 104, which will attract billions of fans around the world and serve as an example of football’s unique ability to unite the world.
Infantino: “When people go to a football match, they are all excited about the game, they talk to each other, they live together , it’s a sentiment, a shared sentiment about the changing consumption habits of the younger generation that’s what we need to cultivate, that’s why we need events, that’s why we need to bring people together from all over the world, people. Will start talking to each other, getting to know each other, and we can see that, in fact, the other person from the other side of the world, he or she is not as bad as described, right? I think this is only the case in our modern times? It happens in society when we have big events, like big sporting events, like the Olympics, the World Cup, they attract millions of people from all over the world.”
The World Cup will also be held on the 250th anniversary of the United States’ independence: “When we learned that 2026 was the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, we thought, you have a celebration, and we organized a party. So we’re going to bring 5 million to 10 million people to the United States. We’re going to have 40 to 6 billion people around the world watching the World Cup. In June and July of 2026, the whole world will come to the United States and follow the World Cup. A festival that also celebrates this beautiful country.”
“There will be three host cities in Mexico and two in Canada. This is part of the celebrationpoints because football unites everyone, we bring everyone together and we celebrate together and it will be unique because there is no other event that can bring so many people from so many parts of the world into one country to enjoy something special . ”
Are other sports more popular in the United States, especially basketball, baseball, ice hockey and American football? “We need to provide children with The opportunity to play football or other sports for free, to do that we can’t just ask the government for funding, we have to work with the private sector. This is what happens with football teams and football clubs in every village in Europe, and it works because you create a community environment, you provide opportunities, and that’s the most important factor. ”
“You have brought hope and joy to so many children in the world, and we cannot ask them to pay.” And then, in a country like this with 350 million people, I mean, the sky is the limit in terms of talent and opportunity. Therefore, we need to invest and build a bright future. ”
