The financial and legal liability is so one-sided that Chicago, where the 1994 tournament opened, decided it wanted no part of this World Cup. AdvertisementHowever, the power and money behind the Los Angeles World Cup 2026 Host Committee rests largely with one group, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (KSE). And this is where the plot thickens, because Kroenke has something FIFA really wants and FIFA had something Kroenke really wants. Kroenke, meanwhile, wants the prestige of staging a World Cup game at SoFi. “One of the things we’ve looked at most hard is how the time zone works for the games around the world,” Kroenke said.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 01, 2023 04:24 UTC