In case you didn’t hear it — and we can’ t imagine that is the case for anyone — the final of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to New Jersey.
It’s the ultimate prize of eight games that will be played at MetLife Stadium.
The announcement, on Feb. 4, 2024, will certainly mean an untold number of jobs and revenue for the state.
And an incredible number of stories in ROI-NJ over the next 30 months.
You can find the best of them here:
- Multiple perimeters, heavy police presence — and lessons from Taylor Swift: Ways MetLife will handle crowd control during 2026 World Cup
- Connecting World Cup to community comes in different touch points
- Biggest goal of World Cup: Turning local energy into economic opportunities
- World Cup warmup: An all-day affair produces win for Argentina — and Meadowlands
- World Cup tourism goal: Making sure visitors experience entirety of state
- Here’s best plan yet on how to activate local towns for FIFA’s 2026 World Cup
- Monmouth poll: New Jerseyans’ reaction to playing host to World Cup varies by region
- ReNew Jersey poll: Business community feels state will benefit (greatly) from World Cup
- 2026 World Cup: Why (and how) Meadowlands Chamber is playing lead role for businesses looking to capitalize
- $3B World Cup? Why landing final is raising potential economic impact for region
- From NJ Transit to World Cup: How much can business community be asked to cover?
- How sports management programs are changing … and taking advantage of opportunities like World Cup final
- How World Cup fans and (nonfans) figure to help South Jersey
- Renovations begin at MetLife in East Rutherford to ready stadium for World Cup
- How Taylor Swift (yes, Taylor Swift) helped land N.J. the World Cup
- Inside Murphy’s $100M ask of business community for 2026 World Cup
- Murphy credits New York for helping MetLife earn World Cup final — and says both sides aim to use private money for infrastructure upgrades
- ‘Super’ concern: Kirkos has plan to help Meadowlands business get their share of generated revenue
- Why N.Y./N.J. over Dallas? FIFA only discusses decision in broad terms
- Inside the pitch: How N.Y./N.J. host committee was focused on landing 2026 World Cup final from 1st meeting
- In huge win for state, FIFA selects MetLife to host 2026 World Cup final
