Sam Fenwick
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941 appearances
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 3 Aug
Sam Fenwick’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He is now on the Los Angeles host committee for 2026.
He's the one person that can make this comparison with direct personal authority.
The numbers make the contrast stark.
US federal and local taxpayers are contributing $625 million in security funding across the 11 American host cities.
The state of New Jersey alone faces a $62 million bill to transport fans.
to MetLife Stadium for eight matches, including the final.
Outside grants covered only $14 million of that.
And getting to the ground, return train tickets to MetLife Stadium cost $98.
The standard fare for the same journey is $12.90, so that's more than eight times the normal price.
New Jersey's governor said FIFA contributed $0 to the transport bill.
FIFA has disputed that, arguing the 2018 agreements called for free fan transportation, but the gap between what the cities expected and what the contracts delivered has shaken confidence, even among people who were there in 1994.
So, Matt, where did all that money go?
And from there, it goes to the competing nations, prize money, development funding, grassroots football in countries where without it, the game would barely exist without financial support.
The host cities get none of the tournament revenue directly.
They're banking on the economic activity, the hotels, the restaurants, the tax receipts.
But whether that covers the bill is another question.
So that's how FIFA makes its money from the World Cup, as it stood at the beginning of June before any of this week's news.
The member associations have until the 19th of September to decide.
Next time on Follow the Money, air conditioning.
Europe is in a heatwave, sales are booming, and we'll tell you who's getting rich from them.
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