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World Cup 2026 bid releases list of potential host cities
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:22 pm
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:22 pm
So the joint US/messyco/Canada bid released a preliminary list of potential host cities and sites. LINK
New Orleans is on the list!
New Orleans is on the list!
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United States (34 cities, 37 stadiums)
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New Orleans, LA
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
72,000
4
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:28 pm to GeauxColonels
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Mexico (3 cities, 3 stadiums)
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Estadio Chivas
45,364
Mexico City
Estadio Azteca
87,000
Monterrey, Nuevo León
Estadio Rayados
52,237
that's 3 too many.
This post was edited on 8/15/17 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:32 pm to GeauxColonels
New Orleans is a pipe dream for hosting a world cup match.
I imagine that they will lean toward sites with real turf rather than artificial.
I imagine that they will lean toward sites with real turf rather than artificial.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:51 pm to SUB
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New Orleans is a pipe dream for hosting a world cup match.
Don't you fricking take this from me! Not yet, at least.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:53 pm to GeauxColonels
It almost feels wrong that my first World Cup game will probably be in the USA.
Feels less authentic than it would in an actual soccer-crazed country.
Feels less authentic than it would in an actual soccer-crazed country.
This post was edited on 8/15/17 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:55 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
I feel the same way. Always been a dream to make a World Cup game, but this is not how I imagined it.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:55 pm to SUB
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imagine that they will lean toward sites with real turf rather than artificial.
Of course, but it has been done in 1994 in Detroit.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 2:37 pm to SUB
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I imagine that they will lean toward sites with real turf rather than artificial.
Yeah not like they can remove the turf and lay grass down in the dome. I mean it has been done before..
Real Grass for 1999 preseason NFL
Posted on 8/15/17 at 2:42 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
That summer we will be a soccer crazed country. shite's gonna be wiiiillldddd
Posted on 8/15/17 at 2:49 pm to GeauxColonels
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Don't you fricking take this from me! Not yet, at least.
Well keep the lights on first...
Posted on 8/15/17 at 2:50 pm to glassman
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Of course, but it has been done in 1994 in Detroit.
RFK 1994 I was there
Posted on 8/15/17 at 3:11 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
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an actual soccer-crazed country
Like Qatar? South Africa?
You aren't giving the US enough credit. These games will be as wild and well attend as anywhere in the world. Will you have to worry about taking a flare to the eye? No. But it will still be a hell of a time. Especially by 2026 when Pulisic is the undisputed best player in the world.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 3:13 pm to theOG
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These games will be as wild and well attend as anywhere in the world.
I'm sure they will be, don't get me wrong.
Just kind of feels like cheating to me to go to one in the USA. That's it.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 3:14 pm to arkyhawk
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summer we will be a soccer crazed country. shite's gonna be wiiiillldddd
I can't fricking wait
Posted on 8/15/17 at 3:19 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
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Just kind of feels like cheating to me to go to one in the USA. That's it.
I feel ya. Maybe go to one of the games in Mexico?
Posted on 8/15/17 at 3:23 pm to ColonelTiger88
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Yeah not like they can remove the turf and lay grass down in the dome. I mean it has been done before..
True. I still just can't see them putting a WC game in NOLA either way.
I went to a WC game (not USA) in Dallas in 1994 and it was wild. Soccer has grown a lot here since then, and I think by 2026, it'll be pretty huge. I'm stoked that I'll hopefully get to attend another game or two. Though I'd love to go to a WC in Europe.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 3:37 pm to GeauxColonels
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Birmingham, AL: Legion Field, 71,594
Posted on 8/15/17 at 3:40 pm to SUB
I remember years ago the Saints played the Packers in a preseason game where they put grass in the Dome as a trial
obviously that was Pre-Katrina (2002-ish... maybe?) but it has been done
also... the USWNT must've liked when they lost to China in the Superdome b/c they just announced they're going to play another match there in the coming weeks
ETA: it was 1999 when the Saints & Packers played that preseason game on grass inside the Superdome
obviously that was Pre-Katrina (2002-ish... maybe?) but it has been done
also... the USWNT must've liked when they lost to China in the Superdome b/c they just announced they're going to play another match there in the coming weeks
ETA: it was 1999 when the Saints & Packers played that preseason game on grass inside the Superdome
This post was edited on 8/15/17 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:44 am to SUB
There are serious plans for a huge renovation of the superdome including sky lights and a potential new roof for grass, as well as widening concourses and turning the garages on each side of the building into hospitality and entertainment areas.
The Superdome isn't dead yet.
The Superdome isn't dead yet.
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:51 am to UPT
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roof for grass
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