TheOriginalOne 11,633 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 They HAVE to have matches in Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. It’s a legendary stadium that has hosted matches for 2 different world cups already! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic 50,111 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 1 hour ago, LateToCult said: Edmonton on June 16 after being announced as a host city a real moment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateToCult 42,094 Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 29 minutes ago, TheOriginalOne said: They HAVE to have matches in Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. It’s a legendary stadium that has hosted matches for 2 different world cups already! Azteca is more than likely getting games. The big question is whether they get the inaugural game or not. The final is for sure out of the question. Mexico City has ruined that stadium over the decades with the ugly adverts on the seats, clunky Panasonic screens, fenced upper tiers, dangerous walkways in the middle level, disruptive media partitions…the list goes on. It’s a real shame because had the city maintained it properly and done major cosmetic work on it then it could give MetLife a serious run for its money to host the final. The city is definitely paying the price for decades of mismanagement and neglect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateToCult 42,094 Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 Y’all I really don’t mean to bump this thread so much but I find this topic so fascinating and I ran into an article from March that kind of lends some credibility to the Edmonton OUT rumor. The province of Alberta gave FIFA conditions to host. One of them being that Edmonton be awarded HALF of the games in Canada or else the province wouldn’t shell out money. Idk who told them Edmonton was fly like that but it’s probably not a good idea to to set these kind if conditions when the US has such competitive cities in the running. Also lots of outlets are now reporting that Canada is only getting Toronto and Vancouver. We’ll see if these rumors turn out to be true very soon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 Im plannin on attending but these cities are….not it for me. Nvm i saw Miami Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,075 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 5/6/2022 at 7:41 PM, LateToCult said: It really comes down to venue and how impressed FIFA was by each city. Doesn’t seem like the cities outside the US (except Mexico City) really wowed them. RIP Edmonton that was apparently so boring sources explicitly pointed out that they didn’t like it and is only likely to get games because they already said 3 Canadian cities. I've never been to Edmonton but I definitely can't imagine a Corporate city being very exciting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beli8 1,467 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 Thanks for all the info on this post! Im eager to hear who will get which game. I'd love to see Argentina play but it'd have to be either Atlanta or Miami if they play at either of those cities in the group round (if I want to get tickets in advance; no idea what the sellout rates will be? I imagine theyre gonna cost a pretty penny). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateToCult 42,094 Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 1 hour ago, beli8 said: Thanks for all the info on this post! Im eager to hear who will get which game. I'd love to see Argentina play but it'd have to be either Atlanta or Miami if they play at either of those cities in the group round (if I want to get tickets in advance; no idea what the sellout rates will be? I imagine theyre gonna cost a pretty penny). I can’t remember where I read this (I’ve combed through so many articles and PDFs ) but I think the starting price for tickets is expected to be $300. The rumor has always been that FIFA wants these games to be the most expensive. They’re betting big that people from around the world will pay big money to visit North America. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beli8 1,467 Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 17 hours ago, LateToCult said: I can’t remember where I read this (I’ve combed through so many articles and PDFs ) but I think the starting price for tickets is expected to be $300. The rumor has always been that FIFA wants these games to be the most expensive. They’re betting big that people from around the world will pay big money to visit North America. I was afraid of that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateToCult 42,094 Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 On 6/13/2022 at 11:12 AM, Economy said: I've never been to Edmonton but I definitely can't imagine a Corporate city being very exciting Damn. We’ll find out very soon if Edmonton gets games or not. What are your thoughts on Canada potentially only having Toronto and Vancouver? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateToCult 42,094 Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 Alright probably the last update. Several cities are planning watch parties for the announcement. Kansas City, Philadelphia, and Seattle are some. Have they been tipped off? 👀 Are they jumping the gun? The last time the US hosted the World Cup Kansas City was so sure they were going to be selected that they made shirts to celebrate but then they weren’t selected. Risky risky. ALSO Nashville is still weighing its stadium options as of YESTERDAY. Babes, you had FIVE years to get this straightened out. Just about every other city had their plan written in stone since before the candidate short list was announced last year. The only real exception was Los Angeles but they already completed their shiny new stadium and are offering it as a cherry on top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,075 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 6 hours ago, LateToCult said: Damn. We’ll find out very soon if Edmonton gets games or not. What are your thoughts on Canada potentially only having Toronto and Vancouver? I mean, we don't have many World Class cities so I can't really hold it against them Although I'm surprised Montreal wasn't considered as it's one of Canada's richest metros in terms of lively hood. Unless the stadiums were not ideal I don't know Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,912 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 We will know by tomorrow (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ⁱᵐ'ᵐᵃ ʰⁱᵗ ᵈᵉᶠʳᵒˢᵗ ᵒⁿ ʸᵃ, ˡᵉᵗ'ˢ ᵍᵉᵗ ⁱᵗ ᵇˡᵃᶻⁱⁿᵍ﹗ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LateToCult 42,094 Posted June 15, 2022 Author Share Posted June 15, 2022 4 hours ago, Economy said: I mean, we don't have many World Class cities so I can't really hold it against them Although I'm surprised Montreal wasn't considered as it's one of Canada's richest metros in terms of lively hood. Unless the stadiums were not ideal I don't know Montreal was one of the original candidates along with Toronto and Edmonton. The city withdrew itself and Vancouver swooped in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economy 53,075 Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 8 minutes ago, LateToCult said: Montreal was one of the original candidates along with Toronto and Edmonton. The city withdrew itself and Vancouver swooped in. Ah ok makes sense. I was surprised Edmonton was on the list and not Montreal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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