re: Any chance that we could host a World Cup game in South Louisiana?

Squid?

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but there ain't no way in hell they're offering more than low five figures to a fart-sniffing FIFA rep.

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One of them tried telling Los Angeles “the World Cup will put you on the map”

Nothing is fixing the state. Give up.

Baton Rouge doesn't have even close to the necessary hotel space so it's out. Plus the playing surface isn't wide enough for FIFA.

New Orleans could have tried.. would have had to grow real grass inside and keep it going for a month.. possible with grow lamps. FIFA wants a lot of money for hosting infrastructure though. I'm pretty sure. Chicago turned it down because they thought it was extortion... hindsight seeing the crowds and excitement that's probably a bad decision but I get it at the time.

according to the former Mayor, he said FIFA was ripping Chicago off
then why is every other major city hosting a World Cup game except Chicago?



Emanuel said FIFA wanted to collect all revenues from ticketing, broadcasting, concessions and parking, while leaving the city to pay for public transit, police and fire staffing costs, medical bills, and VIP escorts for teams and personnel.

“They treated Chicago as a welcome mat, and that was it,” he said.

Emanuel has said on multiple occasions FIFA wanted to include stipulations in its contract with Chicago that the city would potentially be required to put a roof over Soldier Field, which he said could have cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

He pointed to cities like Kansas City as an example of what he describes as the pitfalls of hosting. This week, FIFA canceled approximately 75% of the original hotel bookings it had secured in Kansas City, and didn’t reimburse the city for those costs.

According to the Kansas City Star, Kansas City put forward at least $15 million to help fund police, fire and traffic safety services during the tournament.

The state of Missouri allocated around $78 million, and the state of Kansas also authorized around $28 million to the effort.

Emanuel said the contract put forward by FIFA was full of such risks, and he wasn’t willing to sign off on it.

“I want you to come. I want you to have a great time. But I’m not paying for you to come here, and that’s the difference,” he said. “They wanted me to leave the taxpayers on the hook for a lot of unknowns.”

In 1994, Chicago did play host to World Cup games, with Group C and Group D playing games at Soldier Field. They also hosted a knockout stage game when Germany defeated Belgium 3-2.

This time around, most of the games are on the coasts, though Dallas and Houston are also hosting games.

I can't decide what people generally care less about, Soccer or Southern, LA

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You can, it's the grass part you can't do.


The women's team played in the dome before. On the turf.

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The Superdome cannot be adjusted to fit a regulation-sized soccer playing area after the structural rennovations to the lower level. The USWNT match was an exhibition, so it didn't require a full-sized field.

Why don’t you make it happen?