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2026 FIFA World Cup
JayhawkCO:
I'm stoked KC got selected. It's a great soccer city and one only has to go back to see the crowds that joined at the Power & Light District back in 2010 and 2014 to see what the experience will be like.
skluth:
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--- Quote from: 1 on June 16, 2022, 05:48:40 PM ---Also, Gillette Stadium is 20 miles from Boston and actually closer to Providence.
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More than a few aren't in their listed city. Levi's Stadium isn't even from SF than Gillette is from Boston. Sports fans have just learned to live with it, outside of the guy that sued over the NY Jets and Giants claiming New York in their name.
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A big reason, of course, is that it would be extremely difficult to build new stadia in Boston or NYC proper. Although Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots/Revolution.and Gillette Stadium is looking for a location to build a soccer stadium.
In any event, the teams playing at Gillette will probably fly in and out of TF Green/Rhode Island International instead of Logan.
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Plenty of room to build a stadium in Boston as long as it used structured parking and relied more on attendees using transit vs driving to the stadium. The parking around Gillette takes up 4-5X more land than the stadium itself. I agree it's practically impossible in NYC.
ZLoth:
The biggest problem with the FIFA World Cup in Dallas is that it's at Jerryworld. There are a couple of problems with the stadium:
* Hopefully, FIFA will insist on curtains to block that sun from those windows.
* Arlington has absolutely NO transit solutions whatsoever. Thus, getting to the game will also pose a challenge.
It's still a better venue than Levi's Bake and Burn Stadium in Santa Clara.
NWI_Irish96:
https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/fifa-world-cup-2026-host-cities-los-angeles-new-york-new-jersey-among-top-venues-washington-d-c-snubbed/
Looks like the host venues are being grouped into East, Central and West, with teams playing all their group stage games in the same region. I'm guessing the three host countries get sent to different regions. Mexico likely goes to the Central with Mexico City there. The two Canadian venues are split between East and West but I'm going to guess that Canada goes west and the US to the east.
The host(s) usually get placed into groups instead of drawn, so maybe something like the US heading group A with groups A-E playing in the East. Mexico heading group I with groups F-K playing in the Central. Canada heading group M with groups L-P playing in the West.
jeffandnicole:
--- Quote from: skluth on June 17, 2022, 01:21:35 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ted$8roadFan on June 17, 2022, 05:42:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: SectorZ on June 16, 2022, 06:01:10 PM ---
--- Quote from: 1 on June 16, 2022, 05:48:40 PM ---Also, Gillette Stadium is 20 miles from Boston and actually closer to Providence.
--- End quote ---
More than a few aren't in their listed city. Levi's Stadium isn't even from SF than Gillette is from Boston. Sports fans have just learned to live with it, outside of the guy that sued over the NY Jets and Giants claiming New York in their name.
--- End quote ---
A big reason, of course, is that it would be extremely difficult to build new stadia in Boston or NYC proper. Although Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots/Revolution.and Gillette Stadium is looking for a location to build a soccer stadium.
In any event, the teams playing at Gillette will probably fly in and out of TF Green/Rhode Island International instead of Logan.
--- End quote ---
Plenty of room to build a stadium in Boston as long as it used structured parking and relied more on attendees using transit vs driving to the stadium. The parking around Gillette takes up 4-5X more land than the stadium itself. I agree it's practically impossible in NYC.
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Stadiums heavily dependent on transit also need transit stations large enough to accommodate 70,000 people or so on gamedays near the area...which will only be a dozen or so days a year. You'll probably also need transit stops with large parking lots or facilities to handle everyone taking the train. Just because the land being used for parking isnt at the stadium doesn't mean that land isn't being used for parking elsewhere.
Much of the enjoyment of going to a football game is the tailgating that happens before the game. Without that experience, there's numerous people that won't even go to a game. It also will make it appear to be more of a money grab... encouraging people just to eat and drink inside the stadium...at a hefty price.
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