re: Dallas to Host World Cup Final

I didn’t say every modern WC

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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.

lol you beat me to it

So let’s say 3 iconic stadiums and a new one that became one

Qatar is a wash nothing about that WC means shite

I didn’t have a bad experience at Jerry World

It’s just not a good venue to watch soccer. It’s not built for it

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It’s just not a good venue to watch soccer

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It has better sightlines than the Maracana, which is built like an MLB 1980's cookie cutter stadium.

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It’s not built for it

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I mean technically, none of the American stadiums that are hosting were, except for maybe the new Meadowlands.

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Are we getting together at McGreggboi’s?

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I’m down as long as he doesn’t pull an Irish goodbye on me again

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Don’t tell Atlanta United fans that

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I'll give them credit for making sure, dimensionally, that it could fit a full pitch in without it looking like it was shoved in. But they lose all the credit for turfing it.

I am very curious to see how these turf stadiums handle growing grass indoors for a year in the leadup to the cup.

I know ATL has that giant Bermuda grass strip outside that they could maybe figure out something

I’m a grass nerd so I’m definitely all about looking into it.

Especially with some match being played on warm or cool season grass

Most of the world plays on cool season. But that shite gonna get torched during summer here in parts of the country that already use it on the NFL stadiums

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It’s just not a good venue to watch soccer. It’s not built for it

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Madrid and Barca played there last summer and it got rave reviews by those that attended. Also they are reconfiguring the stadium to accommodate the World Cup final.

I’d much rather this than MetLife which would’ve been awful….glad the south got it

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The upper deck is going to be arse

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Pretty much every stadium these days. Upper decks have been getting fricked since luxury suites became prominent.

Wembley seats 90k for footy and you don’t have to watch it on a jumbotron in the upper deck

I’ve been there 6 times and have sat in the upper deck

Like I said Jerry World will suck in the upper deck because you can’t see the pitch and watch on the jumbotron once you hit a part of the upper deck