Twenty-three cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico are included in the bid book presented by the three nations for the 2026 World Cup.
Philadelphia, New York/New Jersey, Boston and Los Angeles are among the 16 American cities that made the final cut, while it was announced earlier Thursday that Chicago wouldn’t be involved.
Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto are the three Canadian cities, while Monterrey, Mexico City and Guadalajara represent Mexico.
Up to 16 cities will be selected as hosts if the 2026 World Cup is awarded to the united bid.
Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, Nashville, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. are the other destinations from the United States included in the bid.
The advertisers are boycotting the Russian WC. Which, as the pay the freight for the event, is on course to be the lowest “paying” WC that FIFA has had in quite a few years. FIFA makes sure that countries do not boycott their events by suspending those national federations if they fail to show, but they cannot punish advertisers or broadcasters if they don’t show. While revenues do not show up at the same time expenses do,, FIFA has reported that the Russian WC is running behind of projected revenue expectations to the tune of 1 billion dollars and we still have several months to go.
Isn’t Edmonton out? I do not think the Morocco bid is a credible one and FIFA is just encouraging it to get some leverage over the US bid.
I think there is buyers remorse at FIFA for not pulling the awards from Qatar and Russia after the revelations about corruption. Now both are under fire and may be boycotted and even if not officially boycotted, sanctions will take a bite from FIFA’s profits. So if FIFA does not award the ’26 WC to the US, and instead, goes to Morocco, FIFA would lose billions in realaized and unrealized income.
I’m not aware of anyone boycotting Qatar, and certainly not Russia, which is 3 months away.
Many voters will vote for Morocco simply because they can.
The USMNT is boycotting Russia. That’s what we are calling it, right?
once again Cincinnati says “i’m a leader” and columbus remains quiet.
Interesting point. Why couldn’t Columbus host a a game or two at the OSU stadium. It’s bigger then Paul Brown.
The playing surface is narrow and the structure itself has bare bones.
I think it is 50-50.
The massive distances between cities and potential problems for fans needing visas for 2-3 countries will be cited as weaknesses.
The distances weren’t a problem in 94, and Fifa has endorsed the sharing of WCs. Nevertheless, I couldn’t give a monkey’s if we get the thing or not.
The distances were a big complaint for many in ’94. Same with Brazil and Russia.
Obviously it’s not a deal breaker. But it is a minus.
I’ve got serious doubts about winning this bid.