Overview
- Lionel Messi closed day one at the Kaseya Center, receiving the Key to the City from Mayor Francis Suárez during an onstage interview.
- He said winning the 2022 World Cup felt like the birth of his children and signaled early moves into business, noting that football "has an expiration date."
- Messi said he hopes Inter Miami’s new stadium opens next year and promoted a youth "Messi Cup" tournament planned with the club.
- Argentine President Javier Milei arrived in Miami on his 14th U.S. trip since taking office to deliver a scheduled address today, attend a CPAC gala in Palm Beach, meet investors in New York, and then travel to Bolivia for a presidential inauguration.
- Organizers listed a high-profile roster including President Donald Trump, María Corina Machado, Jamie Dimon, Eric Schmidt, Gianni Infantino, Rafael Nadal, Will Smith, Ken Griffin, Stefano Domenicali and Adam Neumann, with no Milei–Trump bilateral on the published agenda.