{"id":67173,"date":"2026-02-24T15:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/world-cup-host-cities-running-out-of-time-with-625m-in-funding-held-up-by-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:55:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:55:55","slug":"world-cup-host-cities-running-out-of-time-with-625m-in-funding-held-up-by-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/world-cup-host-cities-running-out-of-time-with-625m-in-funding-held-up-by-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup host cities \u2018running out of time\u2019 with $625m in funding held up by shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Funds promised for security have not been received<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Officials warn of potential cancellations to fan festivals<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Local and national officials expressed concern on Tuesday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/14\/limited-government-shutdown-congress\">ongoing partial government shutdown<\/a> in the United States could adversely affect planning and preparation for the 2026 World Cup, which is just over 100 days away.<\/p>\n<p>In a hearing before the House committee on homeland security, representatives from Miami, Kansas City and New Jersey \u2013 three locations that will host a combined total of 21 matches in the tournament, including the final \u2013 said they are still waiting on federal funds to be released to their respective local agencies. Last July, lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/grants\/preparedness\/fifa-world-cup-grant-program\">pledged $625m<\/a> in federal assistance toward World Cup security via the Trump administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jul\/01\/what-is-in-big-beautiful-bill-trump\">\u201cbig beautiful\u201d policy bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/feb\/24\/world-cup-host-cities-funding-dhs-shutdown\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funds promised for security have not been received Officials warn of potential cancellations to fan festivals Local and national officials expressed concern on Tuesday that the ongoing partial government shutdown in the United States could adversely affect planning and preparation for the 2026 World Cup, which is just over 100 days away. In a hearing &#8230; <a title=\"World Cup host cities \u2018running out of time\u2019 with $625m in funding held up by shutdown\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/24\/world-cup-host-cities-running-out-of-time-with-625m-in-funding-held-up-by-shutdown\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about World Cup host cities \u2018running out of time\u2019 with $625m in funding held up by shutdown\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}