Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara among 2026 World Cup cities

I saw the Chelsea -Wrexham game from Santa Clara last night and even though it was just an exhibition, the skill level was way better than most MLS games.

Wrexham just got promoted from the 4th to the 3rd tier and they look like they can walk all over the Quakes.

Wrexham fever reaches Santa Clara as Red Dragons touch down to take on Chelsea
SANTA CLARA — Whenever Wrexham AFC is in town, people will be watching – especially when facing an English Premier League titan like Chelsea...


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Chelsea and Wrexham played out a fiery and entertaining 2-2 draw in Santa Clara to begin their pre-season tour of the United States.



Chelsea 2-2 Wrexham: Christopher Nkunku & Lesley Ugochukwu earn draw in Enzo Maresca's first game


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Chelsea vs. Wrexham, Preseason Friendly: Live blog; highlights

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'I have no doubt' - Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca forced to defend his playing style after just one pre-season friendly following Blues' jittery draw with Ryan Reynolds' and Rob McElhenney's Wrexham


ESPN
Chelsea 2-2 Wrexham (Jul 24, 2024) Game Analysis

 

If you are a season ticket holder for 2025 you should have received an e-mail telling you not to participate in what Goodsport posted.

"Please note that on Thursday, November 21, FIFA and On Location will announce and launch a Priority Access Deposit program that gives the general public an opportunity to reserve a spot in line to purchase FIFA World Cup 26™ Official Hospitality packages. Because you are a member of the San Jose Earthquakes 2025 Season Ticket Holders, you WILL NOT participate in this program given you will be able to purchase in the previously mentioned exclusive window PRIOR to the general public, directly from your team representative."

 

Yes we got that email, and were quite confused by it.
But FYI everyone, if you go to On Solution, the supposedly refundable deposit is $500 per person.

 

Council Gets FIFA Documents - The Silicon Valley Voice

 

In other Santa Clara news: Santa Clara Vice Mayor found guilty of perjury in leak of 49ers grand jury report; resigns - CBS San Francisco

The guy was always a shill for JEd York - one of the "49er Five" whose seats on the city council were purchased by the 49ers with an unprecedented infusion of cash.

 

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/12/2026-world-cup-money-loser-santa-clara/

 

How much does SC still owe on Levi's? and did they ever get those soccer fields back that were near the stadium?

 

If Levi’s falls through, maybe they can put a rush job and expand PayPal by another 30k seats?

Then again, maybe not….

 

Although it was a different time, thinking back to 1994, I can't recall who made money off the World Cup games at Stanford.

I recall the city of Los Gatos had constant daily and nightly parties with Brazilian fans infiltrating the town, parading up and down.

Willow Street and Round Table Pizza , Alex Sports Shop , all the bars , restaurants and many stores made a killing because the Brazilian National Team stayed at Villa Felice and their fans cheering them on in support.

I also believe downtown Palo Alto as well as the University benefitted from the games but not sure what attractions Santa Clara will have other than Great America and Valley Fair- Santana Row.

I am betting the teams will be staying at Santana Row’s Valencia Hotel.

I read recently EL Paseo is going to construct something similar to SR but I doubt it will be ready by 2026…

 

If you've eaten the food at Levi's I think you'd change that "Mmm" to "Blech". OTOH, they make up for selling you a half-dozen cold chicken nuggets by charging you $17 for them...

 

Candlestick use to let us bring in our own food and drinks to Giants games but I heard Levi’s won’t allow any outside food into the stadium.

 

You could bring your own kegs into the War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo for Bills games in the 1960s.

 

You just have to be sneaky and have big pocket - I've carried loads of food in!

 

I was just a kid but many people smoked cigs and joints at Quakes games in the 1970’s and early 80’s.

Most people brought their own food into Spartan Stadium after tailgating at back lot on 10th Street.

What a time we had!

 

AFAIK that persisted into the 90s with the inception of MLS. And I’ve never worked a Mexican game at any venue where I didn’t end up with a contact high!

 

Ahhh the memories. I was going to mention the same thing