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Mayor Adams teamed up with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy earlier Monday to tout the huge economic boost expected from scoring goals in the next soccer World Cup Final for MetLife Stadium.
“This is a huge win for all New Yorkers,” Adams told Fox 5 New York Monday morning of the giant win.
Although the stadium is across the Hudson in the Garden State, the 2026 tournament is projected to generate more than $2 billion for the region.
It is also expected to create at least 14,000 jobs as around a million people are expected to reach the region for the finals, as well as the seven preliminary matches in the competition which takes place once every four years.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams touted the boon the World Cup will bring to the local economy in an interview with Fox 5 New York Monday morning. Matthew McDermott
“Both sides of the Hudson couldn’t be happier,” said Murphy, who describes himself as a “lifelong football fan.”
The cost of preparing the metro area to welcome guests from around the world will be split between the city and New Jersey, but “the good news is that most of it is from private funds,” Murphy stressed.
Meanwhile, Adams said, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that FIFA would choose Met Life despite earlier rumors that the mega event was headed to Texas.
“We know we have the best product,” the mayor said. “No one does a show like New York-New Jersey.”
He noted that soccer has grown in popularity throughout the Big Apple, with an influx of immigrants from South America and Africa as well as immigrants from former Soviet bloc countries.
FIFA made the official announcement that the most coveted game of the international tournament will take place in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday. FIFA
“As the mayor of the most diverse city in the United States, we look forward to welcoming the world to the 2026 World Cup,” he said in video posted to social media after Sunday’s announcement.
“New York-New Jersey is poised for North America to become the center of the soccer world, and the history we will make in 2026 will create lifelong memories for fans, provide new opportunities for our communities, inject billions into our economy and help shape our region and develop it for decades to come,” he said in a statement.
Murphy called it a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our entire region.”
“Hosting the final provides New York-New Jersey [with] an unparalleled platform to brilliantly showcase what we stand for — diversity, equity, access and inclusion,” he said.
The annual sporting event is expected to generate more than $2 billion for the region and support more than 14,000 jobs, with about a million people coming to the city for the spectacle. FIFA via Getty Images
MetLife Stadium seats 82,500 fans and since opening in 2010 has hosted numerous large-scale events, including Super Bowl XLVIII.
Tickets for the World Cup Final are still not on sale.
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