Just over two months before Miami-Dade hosts the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup’s kickoff match, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel met with the association’s top official to discuss security matters.
Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens will host 14 World Cup matches over the next two years. Half of them are FIFA Club World Cup matches pitting 32 of the top pro teams across the globe against one another. Half are FIFA World Cup games featuring national teams.
All invested parties are determined to ensure that the chaos that erupted at the stadium during last year’s Copa América Final doesn’t happen again there, or in any other U.S. state hosting games through 2026.
On Wednesday, FIFA posted online that Bondi and Patel convened with FIFA President Gianni Infantino as preparations continue for the games.
Infantino thanked them, their respective teams and the members of the World Cup organizing committee for their “great collaborative spirit.”
“We are all looking forward to working together to ensure that the United States welcomes the world in 2025 and 2026 for a global celebration of football in peace and happiness!” he said in a statement.
While efforts are ongoing at the federal level to shore up any potential safety deficiencies across the country, there’s work at the state level to do so as well in Florida. Last month, the House released its proposed budget for 2025, which contained a relatively small earmark — $500,000 — for Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz’s Office to cover extra security costs.
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