World Cup 2026 bid committee reduces city list from 41 to 32
- by Paul Kennedy @pkedit, Oct 4, 2017
Out of the running:
Birmingham, Alabama
Cleveland, Ohio
Indianapolis, Indiana
Jacksonville, Florida
New Orleans, Louisiana
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
San Antonio, Texas
Ottawa, Ontario
Regina, Saskatchewan
Next step. Representatives
from the 32 cities will meet with the United Bid Committee for a working session the week of Nov. 13 in Houston. The committee will work with the cities to include them in its bid strategy and vision
and help them finalize the hosting documents required by FIFA.
The final list submitted to FIFA will likely contain 12-16 cities from the USA, Canada and Mexico, so the number of U.S. cities
in its bid could be a dozen or fewer.
United Bid Chairman Sunil Gulati: "We have more than double the number of cities required
to stage matches in 2026. We have a vision for growing the game and engaging fans as never before. Our biggest challenge will be finding ways to honor the enthusiasm of all the people across Canada,
Mexico and the United States through the development of our united hosting concept."
USA (25 cities)
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Charlotte
Chicago
Cincinnati
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
Houston
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
Nashville
New York/New Jersey
Orlando
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
San Francisco/San Jose
Seattle
Tampa
Washington, DC
Canada (4 cities)
Edmonton
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Mexico (3 cities)
Guadalajara
Mexico City
Monterrey
My dream is that the Committee will come to their senses and eliminate cities until all that is left is California, Oregon and Washington. Together these three states (and yes, CA could do it alone) could easily host a WC and do away with the travel and time zone nightmare that is coming.
I have an even better idea. Why not have the Commitee come to its senses and eliminate cities until all that is left is cities in New York, Massacusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland and DC? Together these states (plus DC) could easily host a WC and do away with the travel and time zone nightmare that is coming. Why there would no need to travel at all by plane and best of all no need to travel to California or the Pacific Northwest at all.
Obviously all Tom Lowry is saying is that he would love to go to the WC but maximize the convenience for him personally. Would work best for me on the East Coast.
The East coast can do the same with Boston, NY, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.