FIFA has ended its association with the site of the infamous Swiss police raids of last year, the exclusive Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich ©Getty Images

FIFA has ended its association with the site of the infamous Swiss police raids of last year, the exclusive Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, as part of an ongoing cost cutting plan.

The hotel was the scene of dawn arrests by Swiss police in May 2015 as part of the United States Department of Justic (DoJ) investigation into criminal activity within the organisation.

The decision to switch hotels was made by new FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura as part of an ongoing review of expenditure.

Instead, the members of the FIFA Council will now be staying at the nearby Park Hyatt ahead of their scheduled meeting in Zurich on October 13 and 14. 

The DoJ indicted nine FIFA officials and five other executives for racketeering, conspiracy and corruption after raiding the Baur au Lac, an haute hotel opened in 1844 and overlooking the Limmat River, Lake Zurich and the Alps.

The decision to switch hotels in Zurich from the Baur au Lac to the Park Hyatt was made by new FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura as part of an ongoing review of expenditure ©Getty Images
The decision to switch hotels in Zurich from the Baur au Lac to the Park Hyatt was made by new FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura as part of an ongoing review of expenditure ©Getty Images

One of those to be detained hotel was the former CONCACAF President, Jeffrey Webb of the Cayman Islands.

China's Eduardo Li, Nicaraguan Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Uruguay's Eugenio Figueredo, Venezuela's Rafael Esquivel and Brazil's José Maria Marin were the others to be detained.

Swiss police were executing arrest warrants on behalf of American authorities, who have charged more than 40 people in a lengthy soccer corruption investigation.

Baur au Lac staff shielded the seven arrested with bed sheets as they were led off the premises into unmarked police cars.