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Union’s New WSFS Bank Sportsplex Has Chance to Shine During 2026 World Cup
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, JUL 21 – Hosting eight matches at MetLife Stadium is expected to attract over 1.2 million visitors and create more than 26,000 jobs, boosting regional spending and tax revenues.
- At the New York Stock Exchange, the Host Committee rang the Opening Bell, announcing a $3.3 billion economic boost.
- Set to run from June 11 to July 19, 2026, the tournament includes eight matches at MetLife Stadium and is expected to draw more than 1.2 million visitors.
- The committee’s estimates detail $1.3 billion in labor income and $1.7 billion in projected spending, alongside $431.9 million in tax revenues.
- Local organizers, Tammy Murphy, NYNJ Host Committee chair, said "work is already well underway and our momentum is real," and noted that Liberty State Park will host the official FIFA Fan Festival.
- On Wednesday, September 10, the ticket draw opens, and FIFA will release tickets in phases.
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Union’s new WSFS Bank Sportsplex has chance to shine during 2026 World Cup
CHESTER — The Philadelphia Union last week unveiled its newest feat of construction, the $100 million WSFS Bank Sportsplex. And while in isolation that event and that edifice have nothing to do with the 2026 FIFA World Cup that will visit Canada, Mexico and the United States, in truth everything happening in soccer for the next 12 months has at least something to do with the World Cup. The World Cup in 1994 is, in short, the reason MLS exists, t…
Officials in New York and New Jersey project an economic boost of $3.3 billion for the region by hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2026.The region will host eight matches at the Metlife Stadium in New Jersey, including the final on July 19, 2026, and hopes to attract more than 1.2 million fans and tourists, according to a summary of the economic impact published on Monday by the NYNJ Host Committee, the local agency responsible for organizing the ga…
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