re: Dallas to Host World Cup Final

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I didn’t say every modern WC

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As usual, your hyperbole gets the best of you on this board whenever something (usually American soccer related) happens that you don't agree with. In this case, you are upset that Dallas got the World Cup final because you watched a match there once and had a bad experience, so you are making this hella fallacious argument that America is bastardizing the sport by not putting the final in a stadium that you dub as "not iconic".

Lets take a look at the last 7 World Cups in the last 24 years.


2022 final: Lusail Stadium - opened in 2021 and was constructed specifically for the World Cup, definitely not iconic.

2018 final: Luzhniki Stadium - opened in 1956, hosted 1980 Olympics that a shite ton of countries didn't attend. Spartak Moscow's home stadium. Old, but probably not iconic outside of Russia. I'd argue JerryWorld has more international recognition than Luzhniki

2014 final: Maracana - iconic.

2010 final: FNB Stadium - Opened in 1989, but was a nothing stadium until it was renovated specifically for the World Cup when it even changed its name completely for the tournament. Not iconic in the slightest.

2006 final: Olympiastadion - iconic

2002 final: Nissan Stadium - Opened in 1998 and was constructed specifically for the World Cup. Iconic now, but only because of its history as hosting the final of the first ever World Cup in Asia. Not iconic at all at the time.

1998 final: Stade de France - Opened in 1998 for the World Cup. At the time, definitely not iconic.