Making history in world football is expensive, and if not, ask Ollamani... According to data revealed by the Bloomberg Línea portal, the Azteca Stadium won the World Cup triple crown, but the taste left a good "scratch" on the company's finances.
The board took out the calculator and estimated that the tremendous World Cup party caused a negative net impact of approximately MXN$813 million (about US$47 million in greenbacks).
This amount includes the expenses of the five official matches, the commitments tied to the owners of the boxes and all the logistics so that Mexico City looked like a first-class venue. The accounts do not add up: the breakdown of the financial gap
To give you an idea of how the “tug of war” was, the hit to the pocket was divided into two rounds: First round: MXN$557 million corresponded to the movements of the first half of the year. This caused the company to record an accumulated net loss of MXN$548 million as of June 30, 2026.
Second round: The remaining MXN$255 million of the loss will be reflected in the third quarter report. Of course, Ollamani (which is listed on the stock market as AGUILCPO) clarified that this last figure can still vary a little as they finish tying up the closing of that period.
Despite the red figures, the company sent a message of calm to its investors, ensuring that “these results are not the company's ordinary pattern.” In other words, it was an extraordinary setback for hosting the most important tournament in the world, so they hope that the waters will return to normal soon. The Fan Fest, the Tri and the “approval” from FIFA
All this financial relaxation moved through its subsidiaries: Fútbol del Distrito Federal (the only good one to operate the stadium) and Host City Mexico City, the committee that broke its back together with FIFA to organize massive events, including the now traditional Fan Fest that made the capital's Zócalo vibrate.
Let us remember that Ollamani handed over the keys to the Banorte Stadium to FIFA on May 14 and did not get them back until the tournament was over, on July 19. In that month and a half of pure soccer passion, the colossus hosted the inaugural match where the Mexican National Team faced South Africa, in addition to the intense clashes of El Tri against Ecuador, the Czech Republic and England, closing the card with the duel between Colombia and Uzbekistan. The controversial lawsuit with the Palquistas
One of the reasons why the figure rose so much was the famous agreement with the longtime owners of boxes and stalls. After a long and tense legal “tug of war,” Ollamani had to disburse US$62 million (about MXN$1,083 million) to FIFA. So that? To guarantee that the owners of these spaces could enter the World Cup matches without having to pay a single extra peso. The remodeling goes for another reason
Finally, the company made it very clear that this negative impact is not mixed with the money invested in the remodeling and modernization works of the property.
It must be remembered that the colossus of Santa Úrsula spent 18 months under the knife to be “yummy” for the World Cup. To finance this enormous work, in 2025 the company requested a 12-year loan with Banorte for MXN$2.1 billion, in addition to a juicy long-term sponsorship contract that included no more and no less than the name change of our soccer cathedral.
