Great Game Lab at Arizona State University

The Great Game Lab at Arizona State University seeks to explore the convergence of global sport, media, and geopolitics, as well as America’s ever closer sporting relationship with the rest of the world as we prepare to host the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup during the nation’s 250th birthday celebration, and an Olympic Games in Los Angeles two years later.

Sport is one of the foremost cultural phenomena that connect people to each other, and to their geographies. And although sport can at times be exploited for questionable purposes, the Great Game Lab is founded on the belief that cross-border sporting ties are an inherently positive force in our world, creating empathy, mutual respect, and understanding.