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World Cup Backup sites
Posted on 7/9/08 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 7/9/08 at 8:59 pm
Sepp Blatter announced that FIFA has spoken with 3 countries that will be back up sites if SA can't pull it off in time, anyone have any ideas who they are?
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Posted on 7/9/08 at 8:59 pm to Sir GilbertofVanNuys
US and England
Not sure about the 3rd
Not sure about the 3rd
This post was edited on 7/9/08 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:00 pm to Sir GilbertofVanNuys
It came out last week or so that the U.S. is the main target for a backup country. 
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:01 pm to DEANintheYAY
that would be tight i hope sa isn't ready
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:01 pm to Sir GilbertofVanNuys
Yeah, expect it to be the US.
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:03 pm to Buckeye Fan 19
I have nothing against South Africa as a country, or Africa as a continent, but I am hoping they will frick up so we can get the World Cup. That would be awesome. I was too young to enjoy the 94 cup.
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:05 pm to crazy4lsu
Anyone think New Orleans or Baton Rouge could be a host city if this happens? Let them play it right there in the Dome, Tiger Stadium or Tad Gormley. It would be
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:18 pm to killbill
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Anyone think New Orleans or Baton Rouge could be a host city if this happens? Let them play it right there in the Dome, Tiger Stadium or Tad Gormley.
this would be sweet but no fricking way.
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:19 pm to jfturner212
Not a chance. 
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:25 pm to TunaTigers
good chance for houston though we get lots of big time games at RS
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:28 pm to Sir GilbertofVanNuys
So, all we need is for an African government to be inefficeint and fail at its task? Cool. I'll buy tickets now for the World Cup in the USA.
And Louisiana would have no shot of hosting, as it would stick almost exclusively to MLS cities.
And Louisiana would have no shot of hosting, as it would stick almost exclusively to MLS cities.
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:31 pm to Baloo
what about big D? i think with the no cowboys stadium opening open jerry jones would love to show it off.
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:36 pm to heartbreakTiger
I think the sites which would be shoo ins are: Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, DC, New York, and Boston. All have supported soccer and all of have large venues. I'd love to see Columbus get to host if we got the Cup because of their soccer-only facility. But its not likely.
That's a big if, though. I think FIFA is going to give South Africa EVERY chance to host. If it moves to the US, it will certianly be very last minute, probably less than a year out.
That's a big if, though. I think FIFA is going to give South Africa EVERY chance to host. If it moves to the US, it will certianly be very last minute, probably less than a year out.
Posted on 7/9/08 at 9:58 pm to Baloo
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I'd love to see Columbus get to host if we got the Cup because of their soccer-only facility. But its not likely.
It would be sweet. Crew Stadium's a great facility. But it's WAY too small (around 25,000 capacity, I'm guessing a W.C. stadium would have to hold at least 50,000). The parking is limited, and bad, it's grassy and muddy (they say they're going to make it into a real lot, but they never have), and it's about 5 minutes on the interstate from downtown Columbus, so there's no restaurants and nothing to do within walking distance of the area (other than the Ohio Fairgrounds, which only holds the State Fair in August, and the Ohio Historical Society). It's not in the best area of town, either. I'd love it to be held at Crew Stadium, but realistically, it's just not going to happen.
I doubt Ohio Stadium would be an option, either. Too big. Maybe they can give some games to local NFL sites (Colts, Lions, Bengals, Browns, or Steelers). That'd be nice.
This post was edited on 7/9/08 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 7/10/08 at 7:57 am to killbill
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Anyone think New Orleans or Baton Rouge could be a host city if this happens? Let them play it right there in the Dome, Tiger Stadium or Tad Gormley.
Unfortunately, the only possibility would be the Superdome. The one huge complaint about the '94 World Cup was the heat in the US. I don't expect Florida to host any games, either, if we do get the WC.
Posted on 7/10/08 at 8:00 am to Sir GilbertofVanNuys
how fricking fricked would south africa be if this happened? hundreds of millions of dollars spent for literally nothing
Posted on 7/10/08 at 8:03 am to TigerLaw2323
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Unfortunately, the only possibility would be the Superdome.
Do they ever play high-level soccer on turf like that?
Posted on 7/10/08 at 8:05 am to MrKennedy
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Do they ever play high-level soccer on turf like that?
Yes they do. But it won't happen either way. NY, MA, DC, LA, and Chicago = host cities.
Posted on 7/10/08 at 11:34 am to SlowFlowPro
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how fricking fricked would south africa be if this happened? hundreds of millions of dollars spent for literally nothing
Well they could always host the Commonwealth Cup and a couple Rugby Tourneys
Seriously though, this would be a huge slap in the face to African development and Mbecki's ANC government's ability to get things accomplished.
Interesting note- the 94 host sites were: Detroit (Pontiac Dome) Palo Alto (Stanford Stadium) LA (Rose Bowl) Boston (Foxboro) Chicago (Soldier Field) Dallas (Cotton Bowl) DC (RFK) Orlando (Citrus Bowl) NY (Meadowlands)..
Thats 9 cities for a 24 team field. 06 had 32 teams and Germany had 12 venues in 12 cities
Posted on 7/10/08 at 11:50 am to Sir GilbertofVanNuys
I hope SA screws up just for the fact that the games will come on at reasonable hours. 2002 sucked because the games were on early in the morning and 06 sucked because they were on in the middle of the day.
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