LONDON (AP) — The doormen at Zurich's Baur au Lac hotel can put away their white sheets. There will be no FIFA executives to shield while being dragged out of the hotel into police cars again.
FIFA is no longer hosting its executives at the waterside super-luxurious, lake-side hotel that became synonymous with world soccer's corruption scandal last year when Swiss police launched dawn raids on previously untouchable leaders.
By moving its ruling-council members from the 172-year-old Baur au Lac to the more modest five-star Hyatt in Zurich, FIFA will be saving money during next week's meetings.