USA World Cup Bid Hosting Cities Down to 27

Two in Seattle! Woot! Woot!

I would say “YEAH, LETS GO PHOENIX!!!!”, but then i realized its gonna be hotter than hades here in the summer, so i don’t think anyone from norway is gonna wanna come here, especially when they realize that there are no beaches and the grand canyon is a 5 hour drive away :p

Hope its not in America tbh… Even tho I am from here- having it in a country that simply doesnt care puts a damper on the tournament. Would much rather see it somewhere where the entire country’s atmosphere will be altered for the event. Even if its Indonesia which isnt a successful footballing nation- Im sure they would at least appreciate hosting the event…

MoMoney – We may not be a huge footballing country, but I wouldn’t say it put a damper on the 94 tournament. We’re not Brazil, but if you think those stadiums won’t be full, you haven’t been paying attention to recent attendances for big visiting teams. I think the more serious problem with a US bid is just the sheer size of the country and getting from coast to coast for matches, but I don’t think that’s a fatal problem, just something to consider.

Theres no doubt the stadiums will be full. It would still be a greatly successful cup. But I really like that it absolutely takes over the host country every 4 years. I dont think that would happen here. The geographical size of the country would be a factor in this too…

Its not a question of attendance to me (’94 most attended in history), but how Pro-US the crowds are when the US plays. When the US played Honduras back in the spring in Chicago, it was easily a 50/50 split if not more towards Honduras.

Also, the only bad thing about using American Football stadiums is how far the front rows are away from the field when regular football is being played. Other than that, they are all fantastic venues.

yessss. San Diego is still there and there are 2 in LA.

Im guessing that they’d have to let New york host a match.

Yeah Oakland. Oh, and Stanford Stadium is not in San Francisco, it’s in Palo Alto (Which is closer to San Jose.) The Oakland Coliseum used to host the San Jose earthquakes, so It has hosted the beautiful game…

It’s funny that Cowboy Stadium has had “soccer” played in it before “football.” I think that one is a must. It’s brand new, state of the art, and can hold a ton of people. It’s also not far from me so I could attend. =)

American football is not a beautiful game.

12 Stadiums:

Boston- Gillette Stadium

Chicago- Soldier Field

Denver- INVESCO Field

Dallas- Cowboys Stadium

Detroit- Michigan Stadium(not Ford Field)

Indiannapolis- Lucas Oil

Kansas City- Arrowhead Stadium

Los Angeles- Rose Bowl

Philadelphia- Lincoln Financial Field

Phoenix- Univ. of Phoenix

Seattle- Qwest Field

Washington D.C.- FedEx Field

my bad, take out Indy and put in new meadowlands/NY stadium

A 500 mile game road trip up along the California Coast would be fantastic.

Starting at, Woo hoo! Qualcomm San Diego!

NY plzzzzz

Romanian football hits again in the Europa League …

http://www.blogdefotbal.com/2009/08/dinamo-slovan-liberec-0-2-lasati-i-sa.html

Here are my 18……

Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia Dome
71,250

Baltimore, Maryland
M & T Bank Stadium
71,008

Boston, Massachusets
Gillette Stadium
71,693

Charlotte, North Carloina
Bank of America Stadium
73,778

Chicago, Illinois
Soldier Field
61,000

Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Browns Stadium
72,000

Dallas, Texas
Cowboys Stadium
100,000

Denver, Colorado
INVESCO Field
76,125

Houston, Texas
Reliant Stadium
71,500

Indianapolis, Indiana
Lucas Oil Stadium
64,200

Los Angeles, California
Rose Bowl
92,000+

Miami, Florida
Land Shark Stadium
75,540

Nashville, Tennessee
LP Field
69,143

New York/N.J.
New Meadowlands Stadium
82,000

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lincoln Financial Field
67,594

Phoenix/Glendale, Arizona
University of Phoenix Stadium
71,000

Seattle, Washington
Qwest Field
67,000

Washington, D.C.
FedExField
91,704

i dont think countries who dont wholeheartedly care about football should be allowed to host a world cup, its just not fair on the rest of the countries who do care but havent been allowed to host it for a long time or have never been given a chance to. but i dont think fifa really care as long as they can make some more cash…

I’m expecting Detroit to get one of them. I’m not sure which stadium I want yet. Both are relatively close to me from a personal standpoint, and Detroit needs all the help it can get, but Michigan Stadium will be such a better stadium to watch a game in. Plus Ann Arbor will be a more soccer friendly stadium.

@pusillanimous

If you are referring to the U.S. how can you make that claim when they shattered the World Cup attendance record, even with the following World Cup’s having 12 more games than the ‘94 Cup. The U.S. show they care about the World Cup by paying more tv rights money than any other country not named England. Between ESPN/ABC English language, Telemundo/Univision Spanish language they dp just that. So maybe they care more than a few people perceive them to. People get things misconstrued because America has about 20 sports to choose from instead of most countries that have 1 or 2. But don’t confuse that with not caring about the sport, because America truly cares about pretty much all sports. You can tell when sports like swimming, track and field, figure skating get huge ratings during the Olympics. Plus the fact that so many people that weren’t born in the United States no live in the U.S. and bring part of their culture over and usually still root for the national team in which they were born.

I mean now live not no

I really don’t think the U.S. should host it, most of the other countries would die to host it, but the U.S. not many people would speak up or even care.

Charlotte – B of A stadium, YES!!!

> MoMoney – The only way for the US to get more soccer exposure is to host another WC. The ‘94 games were hugely successful. US Participation in the beautiful game is constantly growing and we should tap the momentum.

@James You must not be paying attention.

@James

How old are you? I bet you were just a wee-lad during the 94 world cup. That world cup was a huge success. Broke all attendance records AND the largest grosser of moola for FIFA ever at the time. You do it again here and soccer is so much more popular here than it was. There is a league (at least there is one now) and a major following. When it is held in the states again it will break every record at that time, guaranteed.

And the author was saying something about 40k compacity. Practically every single stadium listed is almost double the 40k capacity.

The world cup should be held in the US every 3rd rotation. Plus, the dollar is cheap and the Euro and Pound are strong. Come on over and enjoy yourself.

GLTTMNT

I know Knoxville, TN doesn’t have the glitz & glamor of a lot of those other cities, but we do have Neyland Stadium with a capacity of 100,011 for American football, which could be increased considerably for real football. According to Wikipedia it is the fifth largest stadium in the United States, and the ninth largest stadium in the world.

And best of all, REAL GRASS!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neyland_Stadium

I just found a link though that Wikipedia article, I guess Neyland was originally in the bid but didn’t make this short list. Disappointing.

http://www.wbir.com/sports/story.aspx?storyid=83815&provider=rss

I hope the World Cup comes to Holland. Holland is such a football supporting country. Even people who really don’t care about football support the Dutch team and watch the games. In the US only people who already are into the beautiful game are excited about the World Cup. In Holland the ‘Oranjekoorts’ (Orange fever) takes over every 2 years. As an example, take a look at this site and look at the photo’s: http://www.oranjebern.ch/OR_SPLASH_NED.html . And this is in Switzerland not in Holland so prepare for real excitement when the World Cup comes to Holland and Belgium.

The only thing I worry about is the size of our stadiums. In the Netherlands there are only 2 50,000+ stadiums (Amsterdam ArenA and de Kuip). I don’t know how the situation is in Belgium but it’s obvious that the US have better facilities. I will agree to you Americans that you have big stadiums and that they will be full. But in America there isn’t such a World Cup atmosphere. It’s such a big country that there will be only much support for the WC in the bigger cities. You have to travel days to go to another city. US to host the World Cup is like Europe to host the World Cup. And despite good memories from ‘94 I don’t think that would be the right decision!

wohoooo! San Diego!

Wob – I must disagree. While the US isn’t quite soccer crazy, interest in the sport has grown massively, and the last World Cup was quite well watched here. Television ratings for the 06 World Cup final were not far from the ratings of the last baseball World Series. Soccer is continuing to grow, so by the time the World Cup makes it back here, whether in 2018 or 2022, it will be ready to explode.

Gawd, please axe RFK stadium from that list.

I hope all 4 CA stadiusm stay on the final list. It would make sense to have group matches for a particular group or two all in one state. If we ever get around to building around that high-speed rail, travel by air or land should not be a problem.

If Detroit gets games, they’ll be at Ford Field. Michigan Stadium is too narrow for World Cup play.