Kaveh explains why FIFA expect revenues of $5bn from ticket & hospitality sales from 2026 World Cup

FIFA is expecting around $5bn (£3.8bn) in revenue from ticket and hospitality sales at the 2026 World Cup, according to Sky Sports News correspondent Kaveh Solhekol. The figure is more than five times the $929m FIFA earned from ticket and hospitality sales at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Sky Sports notes that FIFA had earlier expected $3.3bn from sales for the 2026 tournament. The story was first reported by The Times.

• FIFA expects $5bn from 2026 World Cup ticket and hospitality sales
• The figure is more than five times the $929m from Qatar 2022
• FIFA had previously expected $3.3bn for the 2026 tournament
• First reported in The Times; video by Sky Sports News

► Subscribe to Sky Sports News: http://bit.ly/SkySportsNewsSub ► Watch Sky Sports with NOW: https://bit.ly/NOWSkySportsYT Kaveh Solhekol explains why FIFA are expecting revenues of $5bn (£3.8bn) from ticket and hospitality sales at the 2026 World Cup. The figure is more than five times higher than the $929m FIFA made from ticket and hospitality sales at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. FIFA was expecting to make $3.3bn from ticket and hospitality sales at the 2026 tournament.First reported in The Times. #SkySportsNews #SkySports #worldcup ► For the latest developments on this story: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/topstories ► For the latest transfer news: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/TransferCentre More from Sky Sports on YouTube: ► Sky Sports: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSub ► Sky Sports Boxing: http://bit.ly/SSBoxingSub ► Sky Sports Cricket: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyCricket ► Sky Sports Darts: https://bit.ly/SubSkySportsDarts ► Sky Sports Football: http://bit.ly/SSFootballSub ► Sky Sports F1: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyF1 ► Sky Sports Golf: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsGolf ► Sky Sports Premier League: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsPL ► Sky Sports Retro: http://bit.ly/SkySportsRetroSub ► Sky Sports WSL: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsWSL ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skysportsnews ► X: https://x.com/SkySportsNews ► Website: https://www.skysports.com ► To enquire about licensing Sky Sports content, you can find out more here: https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/31754/11434270/license-sky-sports-footage