I don't know when exactly FIFA WC Stadiums stipulations have changed, but I'd bet they've changed since France 1998, considering the tournament also featured a stadium with a capacity less than 40,000. Wind, rain and snow are just as detrimental to a soccer match as extreme heat. We call them that because that's what they are named now. We can cross that bridge in 9 years. Are we not allowed to call it "Allianz Arena?"
nope, that is not the FIFA rule, it is FIFA recommendation that has been highly accepted in all world cups after 1998. on last two world cups (brazil and now russia) brazil had 100% seats covered apart from temporary seating in sao paulo, and russia will have all covered but temporary seating in yekaterinburg and sochi plus small portion of standard seats in sochi. btw, germany had 100% seats covered, south africa had one and a half (or lets call it two) uncovered stadiums. japan and korea I can not exactly remember but most were definitely covered. us will have one covered (miami) plus whatever domes selected plus inglewood as semi-domed stadium
So that's kind of my point, the seats don't have to be covered; bribes, nice hotels, luxury suites or other factors will do. Wind, rain, snow, just as detrimental but a lot more fun to watch. Games in the heat are boring. Not setting a rule on calling the stadiums, just suggesting a method of simplicity. At some point a corporate name has the staying power and is simple enough to be identifiable - Wrigley Field, for instance, or even Coors Field in Denver. The current name for the NFL stadium in Denver? No. But "The Denver NFL stadium" it will always be.
I believe only 9 stadiums have been confirmed. Three of them are future stadiums. In contrast, Russia and Brazil have 12 and South Africa had 10. Qatar will have 8. Add the fact that there are now 48 teams to host and the bid looks awfully thin on the infrastructure side. The big drawing factor is that it's close to Europe. So if they gain enough European and African votes then they will have some traction.
all potential host cities from the shortlist published two weeks ago must put in a bid by next tuesday. after that bid committee will present the reduced list of potential host venues!
Montreal officially submited the Stade Olympique as a hosting venue for 2026 this morning. The stadium can currently host 61k people but may be reconfigured to the 1976 Olympic games to host over 70k.
Definitely an option. Though not one of the better ones in Canada these days given it's age and condition.
Six Canadian cities have officially submitted bids to host games in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. #VWFC #canMNT pic.twitter.com/okYfUDfCsu— Farhan Devji (@farhandevji) September 7, 2017
Don't know if it was answered, but what is expected number of Canadian cities to host it? One? Two? Three?
Since Mexico only submited 3, I'd say 3 Canadian Cities will host. Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto are favorites. Not sure how Edmonton could get a pass though...More likely 4 cities. http://www.canadasoccer.com/41-citi...id-for-2026-fifa-world-cup--p161135-preview-1 Canada (6 cities) Edmonton, Alberta - Commonwealth Stadium 56,335 Montréal, Québec - Stade Olympique 61,004 Ottawa, Ontario - TD Place Stadium 24,341 Regina, Saskatchewan - Mosaic Stadium 30,048 Toronto, Ontario - BMO Field 28,026 Vancouver, British Columbia - BC Place 55,165 Mexico (3 cities) Guadalajara - Jalisco Estadio Chivas 45,364 Mexico City - Estadio Azteca 87,000 Monterrey - Nuevo León Estadio Rayados 52,237 United States (32 cities) Atlanta, GA Mercedes-Benz Stadium 75,000 Baltimore, MD M&T Bank Stadium 71,008 Birmingham, AL Legion Field 71,594 Boston, MA Gillette Stadium 66,829 Charlotte, NC Bank of America Stadium 75,525 Chicago, IL Soldier Field 61,500 Cincinnati, OH Paul Brown Stadium 65,515 Cleveland, OH FirstEnergy Stadium 67,895 Dallas, TX Cotton Bowl 92,100 Dallas, TX (Arlington, TX) AT&T Stadium 105,000 Denver, CO Sports Authority Field at Mile High 76,125 Detroit, MI Ford Field 65,000 Houston, TX NRG Stadium 72,200 Indianapolis, IN Lucas Oil Stadium 70,000 Jacksonville, FL EverBank Field 82,000 Kansas City, MO Arrowhead Stadium 76,416 Las Vegas, NV Raiders Stadium 72,000 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,000 Los Angeles, CA (Inglewood, CA) City of Champions Stadium 100,000 Los Angeles, CA (Pasadena, CA) Rose Bowl 90,888 Miami, FL Hard Rock Stadium 65,326 Minneapolis, MN U.S. Bank Stadium 66,200 Nashville, TN Nissan Stadium 69,143 New Orleans, LA Mercedes-Benz Superdome 76,468 New York/New Jersey (East Rutherford, NJ) MetLife Stadium 82,500 Orlando, FL Camping World Stadium 65,000 Philadelphia, PA Lincoln Financial Field 69,596 Phoenix, AZ (Glendale, AZ) University of Phoenix Stadium 73,000 Pittsburgh, PA Heinz Field 68,400 Salt Lake City, UT Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,807 San Antonio, TX Alamodome 72,000 San Francisco/San Jose, CA (Santa Clara, CA) Levi’s Stadium 75,000 Seattle, WA CenturyLink Field 72,000 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium 75,000 Washington, DC (Landover, MD) FedEx Field 82,000
Not surprised to see San Diego drop out. Qualcomm Stadium won't exist in 2026 and there will be no suitably sized replacement.
I saw an article earlier in the week that said the US would host 60 games while Canada and Mexico would host 10 games each with all the matches from the quarterfinals on being played in the US. Trump was in the headline if you want to search for it. That basically guarantees 16 venues hosting 5 games each meaning there will be 2 venues each in Canada and Mexico and 12 venues in the United States. Likely what will happen is that each 3 team group will be hosted by one city (3 games) and that city will also host one R32 game and one game from the R16 on. I'd say Toronto and Montreal are near locks to host in Canada while Mexico City and Monterrey will likely host from Mexico. From the US, I'd expect: New York Los Angeles Chicago Phoenix Philadelphia San Francisco Seattle Dallas Washington Denver to all be pretty safe choices with the other two cities being up for grabs.
Yepp, there is still no final word on this, but there are basically few options discussed and I suspect FIFA will have a final word on this. 10-12 US Stadiums and 2-3 Stadiums in Canada and Mexico each. From what I was able to find out FIFA would prefer less stadiums while LOC is pushing for more. FIFA decides on opening venue and final stadium Talking about the locks, only LA and NY are real locks in the US, with one of them going to be the final venue, probably new LA stadium because of roof. All the others have pros and contras!
3 Countries. 32 Cities. 1 United bid. Check out the list of #United2026 Host City Candidates at https://t.co/zRDZyldsMg pic.twitter.com/isZE3ywUNE— Canada Soccer (@CanadaSoccerEN) October 4, 2017 Canada (4) Edmonton, Alberta Montréal, Québec Toronto, Ontario Vancouver, British Columbia Mexico (3) Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico City, Mexico Monterrey, Nuevo León United States (25) Los Angeles, California Atlanta, Georgia Miami, Florida Baltimore, Maryland Minneapolis, Minnesota Boston, Massachusetts Nashville, Tennessee Charlotte, North Carolina New York, New York Cincinnati, Ohio Orlando, Florida Chicago, Illinois Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Dallas, Texas Phoenix, Arizona Denver, Colorado Salt Lake City, Utah Detroit, Michigan San Francisco Bay Area, California Houston, Texas Seattle, Washington Kansas City, Missouri Tampa, Florida Las Vegas, Nevada Washington, DC
just the obvious US stadiums cut, like San Diego. I love the 3 Mexico cities and hoping if a Canadian city gets cut it'll be Edmonton. Montréal, Québec, and Toronto are all super fun cities. It'll be interesting as the 25 on the US list gets whittled down.
On a purely selfish note, I'm hoping that the final cut has Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Nashville and Atlanta as all five are within driving distance.
Highly doubt there will be 2 in FLA, and there won't be 5 in the southeast either. I think probably 2 and maybe 3 from that list but 3's a longshot. I could see ATL and one of the FLA cities, but wouldn't be shocked if only 1 of those 5 got chosen either.
I see this quite different, I have a strong feeling both Miami and Orlando will get selected. Miami is only US stadium that fits all FIFA criterias and Orlando is second to Vegas in hotel capacities and first one in terms of entertainment. It would be missed opportunity for the host country if they omit Orlando. Of course Citrus Bowl would require quite an update to be World Cup capable, but why not, most of other stadiums will not need any works anyway!On the top of that Orlando is a football city and it was part of the last World Cup and Copa America as well. On the other hand, I am not sure if Vegas is going to be selected, probably not!
I am with you since Florida is my favorite place to vacation to (and I used to live there as a child). But i think Miami will be the lone city selected which is fine by me. They were left out of the '94 World Cup due to baseball and left out of the Copa Centenario due to renovations. They deserve to host big futbol matches on the biggest stage.