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| USA World Cup Bid Hosting Cities Down to 27 Posted: 20 Aug 2009 11:32 AM PDT
So while the various nations are bidding against each other to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, the cities within those nations are also competing to be part of the official bid. In the case of the United State’s 2018/2022 bid, the shortlist is now down to 27 cities. From those 27, a final 12 to 18 cities must eventually be selected.
Charlotte, North Carloina Chicago, Illinois Cleveland, Ohio Dallas, Texas Denver, Colorado Houston, Texas Indianapolis, Indiana
Los Angeles, California Miami, Florida Nashville, Tennessee New York/N.J. Oakland, California Orlando, Florida Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Phoenix/Glendale, Arizona San Diego, California St. Louis, Missouri Tampa, Florida Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. The odd thing about the US bid is that very few of these stadiums are actually used for the beautiful game (unless you call NFL the beautiful game that is). The progress of soccer specific stadia is obviously a positive for soccer in the US, but the downside is that not many of these structures meet the 40,000 minimum seat requirement for a World Cup destination. Not that this should be a problem. The atmosphere at FedExField for the recent Dc United vs Real Madrid friendly seemed lively enough. You could barely smell the gridiron. The only worrying thing is that leaving MLS stadia unused during the World Cup may tempt the powers that be into keeping the league running while the World Cup is going on. Stranger things have happened… The USA bid will narrow the above list down to 12 to 18 cities by May 2010. Any preference for which cities and stadia should or shouldn’t make the list? |
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