Read potentially Jerryworld for semifinals. That'd be sweet.
Vancouver, like CHicago and Minneapolis decided not to bid.gougler08 said:That seems like a weird choice considering Vancouver or Calgary would make more sense from a host city, but maybe their stadiums suckJJxvi said:
FIFA can apparently decide on a different mix. But the Canadian and Mexican stadiums preferred by the bid group are set already.
Azteca (Mexico City), Estadio BBVA (Monterrey), Estadio Akron (Guadalajara), BMO Field ( Toronto), Olympic Stadium (Montreal), and Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)
10 cities expected to host games in the United States, and I think there are like 20+ stadiums curently in consideration.
My guesses would be
NY/NJ (Final)
LA (Opening US Match)
Dallas
Houston
Miami
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Palo Alto
Seattle
DC
With large Latin population and both Houston and Dallas having beautiful indoor stadiums which take out weather issues I think they both may be selected.Heisenberg01 said:
Gut feel is Texas will only get 1 location and Boston or Philly will get one if not both. Hope I'm wrong. I expect the East Coast bias will be strong in the selections.
I'm buying stock in manufacturers of grass pitches. All of the Canadian and a lot of these fields will have to be replaced or altered for the World Cup. They currently allow partial artificial with mostly real turf like most of the nicer PL pitches. I hope they don't allow FieldTurf.Quote:
Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz Stadium), Baltimore (M&T Bank Stadium), Boston (Gillette Stadium), Cincinnati (Paul Brown Stadium), Dallas (AT&T Stadium), Denver (Sports Authority Field), Houston (NRG Stadium), Kansas City (Arrowhead Stadium), Los Angeles (Rose Bowl and the new NFL stadium), Miami (Hard Rock Stadium), Nashville (Nissan Stadium), New York (MetLife Stadium), Orlando (Camping World Stadium), Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field), San Jose (Levi's Stadium), Seattle (Century Link Field) and Washington (FedEx Field).
Yep. And both are great areas in terms of fans for the atmosphere. I may not like it, but one of the best atmosphere's I've been in was Mexico vs Panama in the Gold Cup at Jerry World. That place was rockingBrian Earl Spilner said:
Dallas - 100%
Houston - 90%
Calgary was contacted by the committee as a potential host but they did not submit a bid to be included. Vancouver dropped out of the bidding process voluntarily before the first round.gougler08 said:That seems like a weird choice considering Vancouver or Calgary would make more sense from a host city, but maybe their stadiums suckJJxvi said:
FIFA can apparently decide on a different mix. But the Canadian and Mexican stadiums preferred by the bid group are set already.
Azteca (Mexico City), Estadio BBVA (Monterrey), Estadio Akron (Guadalajara), BMO Field ( Toronto), Olympic Stadium (Montreal), and Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)
10 cities expected to host games in the United States, and I think there are like 20+ stadiums curently in consideration.
My guesses would be
NY/NJ (Final)
LA (Opening US Match)
Dallas
Houston
Miami
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Palo Alto
Seattle
DC
I think that is most likely. At one point they were proposingAustinAg2012 said:
Read potentially Jerryworld for semifinals. That'd be sweet.
I went to a WC game in '94 at the Cotton Bowl...Saudia Arabia against Belgium...what a great party in the stands...fans from all different teams in their own colors with horns and drums. It was a riot.wangus12 said:Yep. And both are great areas in terms of fans for the atmosphere. I may not like it, but one of the best atmosphere's I've been in was Mexico vs Panama in the Gold Cup at Jerry World. That place was rockingBrian Earl Spilner said:
Dallas - 100%
Houston - 90%
I agree. If you look at it, our young european players, Pulisic, Sargent, Weah, Parks, McKennie, Carter-Vickers and a few more will be in their prime at 26-28.PascalsWager said:
There's even a path to WIN the world cup. Hopefully by 2026 every single player named in the initial 26 is playing at worst on a rotational basis for the at least 6th place (europa league) team in at at worst Ligue 1. That's 34 elite clubs with about 25 roster spots each. It won't be easy but we have 330 million people.