LA's SoFi Stadium is due to stage eight games at the 2026 World Cup

The boss of the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles says he expects the £4bn venue to play a key role in staging next summer’s 2026 World Cup despite US President Trump threatening to move games from the city.

Trump has raised the prospect of stripping LA, San Francisco and Seattle of their scheduled fixtures if he deems them to be unsafe – a move seen as a shot across the bows of the cities’ Democrat-leaning leadership.

Only the AT&T Stadium in Dallas is slated to stage more World Cup games than the eight at the 70,000-seater SoFi , the world’s most expensive stadium and home to NFL teams the LA Rams and Chargers.

“The politics piece is always very interesting, especially when you’ve got the 11 cities that are here acro

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