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Municipal governments are often slow to act, except when FIFA comes to town
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An analysis of how the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted across 16 cities in Canada, Mexico and the US, has prompted municipal governments to make rapid infrastructure investments and regulatory changes to meet tournament requirements.
Municipal governments are often slow to act, except when FIFA comes to town
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicking off, millions of soccer fans around the world will be following the tournament taking place across 16 host cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Like other mega sporting events, the World Cup requires major public investment and regulatory changes. To meet FIFA’s requirements, Toronto, Vancouver and other North American cities have spent hundreds of millions of dollars, suspended bylaws and reorganized infrastructure to stage just a handful of match
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