Canadian, US And Mexican Host Cities Named For 2026 World Cup

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FIFA has announced the host cities of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The USA will host 60 of the 80 games of the tournament, including all the games that started from the quarterfinals. Canada and Mexico will play 10 games each.

The cities of the western, eastern and central zones were announced during a ceremony in New York on Thursday.

The western cities are Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Guadalajara.

The site is called Kansas City, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Monterey և Mexico City. The East Coast hosts are New York / New Jersey, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami և Toronto.

The tournament will be the first world championship, where 48 teams will take part, instead of the current 32 teams. FIFA has not yet announced which stadium will play in the playoffs. The host of the 1994 World Cup final, Rose Bowl, will not participate in the 2026 tournament.

The famous Mexican "Aztec" stadium hosted the 1986 World Cup, it will be repeated in 2026. Photo by Action Images / Action Images / Reuters

US cities and states have received millions of dollars in tax breaks և public և private investment to host the 2026 Games. FIFA calls for tax breaks and other bailouts have led to cities such as Minneapolis, Chicago and Glendale. Arizona 2018

Elsewhere, lawmakers and city officials seem more inclined to make concessions. Georgia և Florida's governors signed legislation in May to abolish World Cup ticket sales taxes. Missouri lawmakers sent a similar bill to Republican Gov. Mike Parson last month. These three states became host cities.

A study of American football shows that hosting the World Cup could bring cities $ 620 million. However, some experts question the economic benefits of holding large-scale sporting events.

Houston has been recognized as the host city for the 2026 World Cup.

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