The cities that will host the games of 2026 World Cup the first to have 48 participating teams and to be played in three countries, will be decided by lot this Thursday (16).
In all, FIFA must announce 16 cities to host the matches, with 10 in the United States, three in Mexico and three in Canada.
FIFA announced in April this year that Vancouver, Canada had successfully submitted a late application to be considered a host city, leaving 22 candidates in total.
Check out the candidates to host the 2026 World Cup below:
United States
- atlanta
- Boston
- Cincinnati
- Dallas
- denver
- Houston
- Kansas City
- Los Angeles
- Miami
- nashville
- New York/New Jersey
- Orlando
- Philadelphia
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Baltimore/Washington
Mexico
- Guadalajara
- Mexico City
- Monterrey
Canada
The ceremony to define the selected cities will start at 18:00 (Brasilia time).
“Over the last few months, we’ve had open conversations with candidate host cities on a number of different topics,” Colin Smith, FIFA’s director of tournaments and events, said in a statement last month. “We are very appreciative and impressed with how dedicated and innovative everyone is.”
“The host cities will be absolutely essential to ensure the success of the competition. We look forward to working with them to deliver what will undoubtedly be the greatest FIFA World Cup in history,” he added.
It will be the second time the United States has hosted the World Cup, after the first in 1994. Mexico will host its third World Cup after hosting in 1970 and 1986.
It will be the first time that a World Cup match has been held in Canda, although the country hosted the Women’s World Cup in 2015.
Host cities that are successful in their bids can reap huge financial benefits, according to a study by the American Football Federation, published in 2018. More than $5 billion will be injected into the North American economy.
The study said that the cities chosen to host the World Cup games could have an estimated economic activity of between US$160 million and US$620 million.
Source: CNN Brasil
