Señor Sam Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Awaiting announcement for 2026 venues. Hoping Vancouver is chosen, probably my only chance to see a World Cup. Russian Warship.... Go fxxk yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Be surprised if Edmontonchuk makes it. A drive to Vancouver is in the offing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Hope the price of gas drops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Señor Sam Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Russian Warship.... Go fxxk yourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Vancouver Seattle San Fran LA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Don't know why Mexico are part of this. They've already had 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVDA Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 Toronto chosen, too. Might go to this, if still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSN SYSOP Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 2 hours ago, edmontonowl said: Don't know why Mexico are part of this. They've already had 2 Money talks...straighter butchers hooks than football federations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Denver was a cert until a fire at Mile High a few months ago. Did some serious damage. Then the Broncos sale was finalized and it became very likely that Mile High will he gone by 2026. Walton set to go big with a brand new stadium city development out near the airport. The owls are not what they seem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Even with the developments causing Denver to miss out, KC is still a surprising choice. Metro KC has a soccer fanbase, but Arrowhead is pretty remote. Going to be a bugger for 70k tourists to get to and from. As for air travel (supposedly very important to FIFA), MCI is the only non-hub airport of all 11 U.S. host cities. It’s pretty poorly served. Sure there will be charters during the tournament, but it won’t be the easiest city to get to. The owls are not what they seem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 3 hours ago, MSN SYSOP said: Money talks...straighter butchers hooks than football federations If this was about money, every game would be in the U.S. The owls are not what they seem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Neal M said: If this was about money, every game would be in the U.S. They like to take it to regions they feel are up and coming with regards to football participation, which is why I imagine Canada has got a fair few. That said, ridiculous US have hosted World Cup games twice in 30 years and England is without one in 60. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsfan_72 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 5 hours ago, Neal M said: Even with the developments causing Denver to miss out, KC is still a surprising choice. Metro KC has a soccer fanbase, but Arrowhead is pretty remote. Going to be a bugger for 70k tourists to get to and from. As for air travel (supposedly very important to FIFA), MCI is the only non-hub airport of all 11 U.S. host cities. It’s pretty poorly served. Sure there will be charters during the tournament, but it won’t be the easiest city to get to. Was surprised at KC. Thought the new Raiders stadium in Vegas would have been the obvious choice. Wonder if it doesn't fit the criteria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickly Kevin Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, owls maniac said: They like to take it to regions they feel are up and coming with regards to football participation, which is why I imagine Canada has got a fair few. That said, ridiculous US have hosted World Cup games twice in 30 years and England is without one in 60. We won't be hosting any soon after the Euros final farce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, owlsfan_72 said: Was surprised at KC. Thought the new Raiders stadium in Vegas would have been the obvious choice. Wonder if it doesn't fit the criteria? The local authorities in and around Vegas turned the opportunity down in 2018. FIFA wanted them to build two practice facilities and a couple of 20,000 capacity fan zones (where fans could watch the game for free). The total cost for those requirements was around $100 million. Vegas said no. I guess Vegas already does pretty well with tourism and didn’t need to spend money chasing the WC. Edited June 17, 2022 by Neal M 1 The owls are not what they seem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradowl Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 11 hours ago, Quickly Kevin said: We won't be hosting any soon after the Euros final farce. It went ok up to final and that wouldn't have happened had England not reached final. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsfan_72 Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 7 hours ago, Neal M said: The local authorities in and around Vegas turned the opportunity down in 2018. FIFA wanted them to build two practice facilities and a couple of 20,000 capacity fan zones (where fans could watch the game for free). The total cost for those requirements was around $100 million. Vegas said no. I guess Vegas already does pretty well with tourism and didn’t need to spend money chasing the WC. Didn't know that, thanks. Thought it was a weird omission. Never been to Kansas and don't want to. Doesn't seem like a great place for "soccer". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 On 17/06/2022 at 10:12, Quickly Kevin said: We won't be hosting any soon after the Euros final farce. Apparently we are set to host Euro 2028. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 What’s the deal with it being in the US again? They had it in 94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOFABI Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 For quick reference. Actually a reasonably considerate distribution of locations for the most part, but disappointed for Real Salt Lake fans, and long suffering Arizona football fans. RSL have got a decent following and Arizona fans are mental about their Phoenix Rising, FC Tucson, Barca and Real academies but have no MLS team, and both are 1000 miles from owt. Then you've got two cities in Texas, neither of which are particularly football cities, if anything I'd have picked Austin or Nashville and Salt Lake over Houston and Dallas. Also San Jose over San Francisco, who don't even have a chuffin professional team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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