Champions League, Budapest, Viktor Orban, UEFA
Ahead of 30 May 2026
Budapest’s Champions League final will be held at the Puskas Arena weeks after Viktor Orban lost power in Hungary. The stadium remains a symbol of his expensive football-driven nation-building project.
Orban helped fund major stadium projects and built close ties with UEFA, but he will not host the final as prime minister. The timing turns Arsenal against Paris Saint-Germain into a showcase of his sporting legacy without him.