As cities across the United States, Mexico and Canada prepare to host FIFA World Cup games, former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is speaking out on why the Windy City isn’t hosting the event.
Emanuel, who was mayor of Chicago when it was announced the United States would cohost the 2026 tournament, blames FIFA for the city not playing host to the tournament, which gets underway this week. He says the organization wanted to take all the benefits and leave Chicago paying all the bills to host the tournament at Soldier Field.
“I was not gonna basically allow taxpayers of the city of Chicago to be dumb money,” he said. “They assumed that we were gonna take all the risk and they were gonna get all the reward. I told them to take a hike.”
Emanuel said FIFA wanted to collect all revenues from ticketing, broadcasting, concessions and parking, while leaving the city to pay for public transit, police and fire staffing costs, medical bills, and VIP escorts for teams and personnel.
“They treated Chicago as a welcome mat, and that was it,” he said.
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