Overview
- Lionel Messi received the Key to the City from Mayor Francis Suárez during a public interview at the Kaseya Center, where he compared winning the 2022 World Cup to the birth of his children.
- Messi said Inter Miami’s new stadium “will be impressive” and expressed hope it could open next year, and he highlighted the upcoming Messi Cup youth tournament planned in Miami.
- He signaled a growing shift toward entrepreneurship, noting his interest in learning the business side and his existing stakes in ventures including Inter Miami, hospitality, food and a sports drink brand.
- The America Business Forum gathered high-profile figures across politics, sport and finance, with speakers listed to include President Donald Trump, Javier Milei, María Corina Machado, Gianni Infantino, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Will Smith, Jamie Dimon and others.
- Argentina’s Presidency outlined Milei’s itinerary: a speech at the forum, a CPAC gala in Palm Beach, a Council of the Americas event in New York, and then travel to Bolivia for the presidential inauguration, with no one-on-one meeting with Trump on the official schedule.