Sam Fenwick
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first heard Feb 2026
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Sam Fenwick’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They built the fan zones, retrofitted the stadiums, arranged transport, paid for security.
Under the contracts they signed with FIFA in 2017, before they even knew that they'd won the bid.
They received no share of the ticket revenue, no share of concession sales inside the stadiums, no share of parking, no share of merchandise.
All of that flows to FIFA and its commercial partners.
One city looked at the terms and walked away.
Chicago never bid.
Alan Rothenberg ran the last World Cup held in the United States, the 1994 tournament.
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.
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