Russian 2018/2022 World Cup Bid

metros11 · 09 Oct 2009, 12:05 PM

http://www.russia2018-2022.com/en.aspx

Host Cities:
http://www.russia2018-2022.com/en/th...st-cities.aspx

Interesting. Can't say I'm sold on Kaliningrad, Podolsk and Saransk. But then again, there are some cities in SA that don't have any business holding games either.

BTW, Count me as one who is in full support of the Russian bid!

LokomotivZee · 09 Oct 2009, 12:25 PM

I would go, but I'm in support of the American bid.

Zenit · 09 Oct 2009, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by metros11

BTW, Count me as one who is in full support of the Russian bid!

Ordinarily, I would be, but I think 18 and 22 will go USA and England, respectively. It would be hard to imagine England getting beat out by Russia when it comes around to the European turn again.

Real Corona · 09 Oct 2009, 01:04 PM

Would much prefer Russia to England.

The funny thing is that when we discussed this on the board, our list of cities was pretty close to what they put out there.

FootyFan365 · 09 Oct 2009, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Zenit

Ordinarily, I would be, but I think 18 and 22 will go USA and England, respectively. It would be hard to imagine England getting beat out by Russia when it comes around to the European turn again.

You think U.S. is going to beat out England in 2018? It could happen but I think FIFA stated their intentions when they canceled the rotational system before its last stop in N. America

Real Corona · 09 Oct 2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FootyFan365

You think U.S. is going to beat out England in 2018? It could happen but I think FIFA stated their intentions when they canceled the rotational system before its last stop in N. America

Europe will get one of the bids, but the other one will go somewhere else. The US will not have to compete against European countries, but countries like Mexico or Australia.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...-world-cup-bid

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The leaders of England's bid for the 2018 World Cup yesterday attempted to regain the initiative, taking the fight to rivals such as Spain by inviting comparisons with its record on tackling racism.

Speaking at the Leaders in Football summit at Stamford Bridge at which the Fifa vice-president Jack Warner had earlier criticised the "lightweight" bid, the FA and bid chairman, Lord Triesman, fleshed out the legacy that a World Cup in England would leave around the world and predicted that the global popularity of Premier League football would play a key role in building support.

Fifa rules prevent rival bidders from referring directly to one another but in his speech Triesman invited comparisons with other bidders in the way that racism has been dealt with. Spain, which is bidding jointly with Portugal and is seen as England's main European rival in the field of 10 bidders, has faced a series of racism controversies in recent years.

Drake44444 · 09 Oct 2009, 02:04 PM

Interesting development and nice website.

I took a flight between St. Ptb and Kaliningrad and it was like a plane straight out of the 1960s..... and Kaliningrad has like 2 western hotels..... so some ways to go.

I would prefer Russia to England as well. There is enough English in world soccer right now.

A ton of those cities would need stadium upgrades. Like first division cities would need new stadiums. Huge task.

metros11 · 09 Oct 2009, 02:07 PM

Mexico dropped it's bid. As of right now England is the favorite for 2018, and 2022 is a battle between Australia and the US. I don't care so much for England, I'd rather the Russians grease some palms just like the Ukrainians did and get the 2018 games. After that, well it's basically a coin flip for me.

LokomotivZee · 09 Oct 2009, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Drake44444

Interesting development and nice website.

I took a flight between St. Ptb and Kaliningrad and it was like a plane straight out of the 1960s..... and Kaliningrad has like 2 western hotels..... so some ways to go.

I would prefer Russia to England as well. There is enough English in world soccer right now.

A ton of those cities would need stadium upgrades. Like first division cities would need new stadiums. Huge task.

When was this? Aeroflot and Rossiya are allegedly updating their entire fleet with Sukhoi SJs, Antonov 148s and some Western aircraft. BUT, knowing the Russian carriers, the lovely Tu-154 (GREAT plane, but there are only so many hours a jet airframe can take) and Yak-40 will still be doing the vast majority or domestic flights.

Was it a tri-jet or a turbo prop?

Drake44444 · 09 Oct 2009, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by LokomotivZee

When was this? Aeroflot and Rossiya are allegedly updating their entire fleet with Sukhoi SJs, Antonov 148s and some Western aircraft. BUT, knowing the Russian carriers, the lovely Tu-154 (GREAT plane, but there are only so many hours a jet airframe can take) and Yak-40 will still be doing the vast majority or domestic flights.

Was it a tri-jet or a turbo prop?

Last year literally a year from now. It was Rossiya. LOL timecapsule. I don't know any furthur details