2023-09-26 23:19:00
FIFA is preparing to move more than a hundred employee positions, including its legal department, from its historic headquarters in Zurich to Miami, Florida. This is what a source who was aware of the file told AFP on Tuesday.
The football governing body had already transferred some of the positions from its Paris headquarters and recently opened offices in Miami to help organize the 2026 World Cup which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico. .
“FIFA is a global governing body and some departments have been informed of a plan to move to a new permanent headquarters in Miami,” a FIFA spokesperson told Keystone-ATS and AFP, partially confirming these information.
‘This corresponds to the global vision of an organization which has 211 member associations. Our new offices in Miami and Singapore join our Paris offices and regional development offices around the world. FIFA’s headquarters remains in Zurich,’ the body’s spokesperson said.
The legal department in particular would also move to Miami according to the source. The Florida city would appear strategic due to its proximity to CONCACAF’s 41 member associations, which span North America, Central America and the Caribbean, and its easy connections to South America.
In addition to the 2026 World Cup, the United States will host the FIFA Club World Cup in 2025. FIFA was established in Paris in 1904, before moving to Zurich in 1932 which became its main headquarters in 2007 .
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