Pablo Torre

Because they agreed to waive what?

Yeah, the sales tax for Missouri was going to be 8.85%, which, you know, again, the way tax works, costs customers money, make it more expensive, but provide something back for the cities and therefore the public in terms of what the state had available to make back in terms of those costs and benefits.

I just assumed that they had one job here, which was, can you just calculate this?

And their calculation you're saying was...

Which is not 2022 for those scoring at home.

And so what is the gap between what Missouri thought it was giving up versus what it was actually giving up by waiving taxes on ticket sales?

And by the way, just to clarify, that is a conservative estimate.

You're being very responsible because...

hospitality pricing, the secondary market, ticket resales, where FIFA is taking 15% from the buyer and the seller.

I would say gross overestimation is the thing we're all trying to avoid.

So all of this is to say that FIFA, in response to your reporting, in response to this folder full of documents, what do they say?

And so there is one last document in your folder, which I want to read from because this one acknowledges a bunch of what you just said in writing.

And this one is dated November 17th, 2025.

It's to the CEO of the U.S.

Soccer Federation.

And I just want to read through what some of this says because it's signed by a bunch of U.S.

host cities here.

seven actual World Cup, Men's World Cup host cities for this summer, and then 21 potential U.S.

host cities for the 2031 Women's World Cup, which is very interesting because what this whole document, the highlighted part we want to read here, is suggesting is that, quote, as you are aware, many U.S.

host cities are currently working through significant changes