FIFA World Football Museum were proposed by FIFA president Sepp Blatter and the FIFA Executive Committee in 2012. In April 2013, FIFA signed a 40-year lease with Swiss Life for the Haus zur Enge, which would be dismantled and rebuilt to house the museum; an earlier proposal would have had a museum on the grounds of the FIFA headquarters. The City of Zürich Building Authority approved planning permission for the museum in November 2013. Construction on the renovated Haus zur Enge began in 2014 and was completed in December 2015. The 30 million Fr. ($30 million USD) museum opened on 28 February 2016, during
Sepp Blatter Ali bin Hussein was his opponent in the election. The vote took place at the 65th FIFA Congress in Zürich on 29 May 2015. Neither party received the necessary two-thirds majority of votes from the first round with Blatter receiving 133 to Prince Ali's 73. According to FIFA rules, a second round should have been held for the two candidates, with a simple majority being sufficient for victory. However, before the second round of voting commenced, Prince Ali announced his withdrawal, handing Blatter victory by default. On 2 June 2015, FIFA abruptly called a press conference at their Zürich headquarters,