United States 2022 FIFA World Cup bid

Main article: 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids

The United States Soccer Federation submitted a bid [1] with the hope of hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. U.S. Soccer first said in February 2007 that it would put forth a bid for the 2018 World Cup.[1] On 28 January 2009, U.S. Soccer announced that it would submit bids for both the 2018 and 2022 Cups.[2] In October 2010 it withdrew from the 2018 bid process to focus on winning the 2022 edition.[3]

David Downs, president of Univision Sports, is executive director of the bid.[4] The United States previously hosted the FIFA World Cup in 1994, as well as the FIFA Women's World Cup in 1999 and 2003.

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Schedule

Date Notes
15 January 2009 Applications formally invited
2 February 2009 Closing date for registering intention to bid
16 March 2009 Deadline to submit completed bid registration forms
14 May 2010 Deadline for submission of full details of bid
6–9 September 2010 Inspection committee visits the United States[5]
2 December 2010 FIFA to appoint hosts for 2018 and 2022 World Cups

Bid committee

The American bid was being organized by USA Bid Committee, Inc.

The executive director of the bid was David Downs, CEO of Univision sports. Other members include U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati, Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, Phil Murphy, the former national finance chair for the Democratic National Committee,[6] former U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clinton adviser Douglas Band,[7] film director Spike Lee,[8] former boxer Oscar De La Hoya, and Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth.[9][10]

Details of the bid

See also: List of American soccer stadia by capacity

In April 2009, the U.S. identified 70 stadiums in 50 communities as possible venues for the tournament, with 58 confirming their interest.[11] The list of stadia was trimmed two months later to 38 existing venues, one scheduled for completion in 2010, and one proposed venue.[12] On August 20, 2009 the list was further trimmed down to 32 stadiums in 27 cities.[13] On January 12, 2010 the USA Bid Committee narrowed the 27 cities down to 18 as the official host cities for the United States' Bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.[14]

Those 18 cities are: Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, Tampa and Washington, D.C.

Candidate venues

Image Stadium Capacity City State Surface Home teams Notes
Rose Bowl 94,542 Pasadena
(Host City: Los Angeles)		 California Grass UCLA Bruins†
Rose Bowl Game		 1994 World Cup final venue
1999 Women's World Cup final venue

Super Bowl XI, Super Bowl XIV, Super Bowl XVII, Super Bowl XXI, and Super Bowl XXVII Hosts
Three BCS National Championship Games
May be replaced by Los Angeles Stadium [15]
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607 Los Angeles California Grass USC Trojans† 1932 and 1984 Olympic stadium
CONCACAF Gold Cup venue

Super Bowl I and Super Bowl VII host
1959 World Series
May be replaced by Los Angeles Stadium [15]
Cotton Bowl 92,100 Dallas Texas Grass Red River Rivalry
State Fair Classic
TicketCity Bowl		 1994 FIFA World Cup venue
Former home of the Cotton Bowl Classic and numerous other tenants
FedExField 91,704 Landover
(Host City: Washington, D.C.)		 Maryland Grass Washington Redskins† 1999 Women's World Cup venue
Cowboys Stadium 91,600 Arlington
(Host City: Dallas)		 Texas Matrix artificial turf Cowboys Classic
Dallas Cowboys†
Cotton Bowl Classic
Southwest Classic		 Opened in 2009
Retractable roof
CONCACAF Gold Cup venue

2010 NBA All-Star Game venue
Super Bowl XLV in 2011
MetLife Stadium 82,566 East Rutherford
(Host City: New York)		 New Jersey FieldTurf New York Giants†

New York Jets†

 Opened in 2010
Future Super Bowl XLVIII hosts
Sun Life Stadium 80,240 Miami Gardens
(Host City: Miami)		 Florida Grass Miami Dolphins†
Miami Hurricanes†
Florida Marlins‡
Orange Bowl		 Multi-purpose stadium
Marlins will move to their new ballpark and it is also the future host of WWE's WrestleMania XXVIII in 2012
Super Bowl XXIII, Super Bowl XXIX, Super Bowl XXXIII, Super Bowl XLI, and Super Bowl XLIV hosts
Three BCS National Championship Games
Reliant Stadium 76,000 Houston Texas Grass Houston Texans†
Texas Bowl		 CONCACAF Gold Cup venue, MLS All-Star 2010 host, WrestleMania XXV hosts, NCAA Final Four 2011 & 2016 host, Super Bowl XXXVIII host,
Retractable roof
Arrowhead Stadium 75,364 Kansas City Missouri Grass Kansas City Chiefs†
INVESCO Field at Mile High 75,165 Denver Colorado Grass Denver Broncos† 2008 Democratic National Convention Host
2006 National Football League AFC Championship Game
Raymond James Stadium 75,000 Tampa Florida Grass Tampa Bay Buccaneers†
South Florida Bulls†
Outback Bowl		 Olympic qualifying venue.

Super Bowl XXXV and Super Bowl XLIII hosts
Gillette Stadium 73,393 Foxborough
(Host City: Boston)		 Massachusetts FieldTurf New England Patriots†
New England Revolution		 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 2008 and 2009, 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup venue, and the MLS Cup 2002
Husky Stadium 72,500 Seattle Washington FieldTurf Washington Huskies† Planned renovation to start in 2011. Will add 10,000 to 20,000 more seats by removing the track and adding a third upper deck in the west end.
1990 Goodwill Games track and field events.
University of Phoenix Stadium 71,362 Glendale
(Host City: Phoenix)		 Arizona Grass Arizona Cardinals†
Fiesta Bowl		 Retractable roof and playing surface
CONCACAF Gold Cup venue
Super Bowl XLII hosts
WrestleMania XXVI hosts

Three BCS National Championship Games
Georgia Dome 71,228 Atlanta Georgia FieldTurf & able to install grass. Atlanta Falcons†
Georgia State Panthers†
Chick-fil-A Bowl		 Super Bowl XXXIV & Super Bowl XXVIII hosts
World Football Challenge hosts
Indoor Stadium, DCI Atlanta Southeastern Championship 1996 Summer Olympics World Football Challenge
WrestleMania XXVII hosts
M&T Bank Stadium 71,008 Baltimore Maryland Sportexe Momentum Turf Baltimore Ravens†
Only stadium to sell out their World Football Challenge game
Lincoln Financial Field 69,111 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Grass Philadelphia Eagles†
Temple Owls†
Army-Navy Game		 2003 Women's World Cup venue
CONCACAF Gold Cup venue.
LP Field 69,143 Nashville Tennessee Grass Tennessee Titans†
Tennessee State Tigers†
Music City Bowl		 Olympic qualifying venue
Qwest Field 68,056 Seattle Washington FieldTurf Seattle Seahawks†
Seattle Sounders FC		 CONCACAF Gold Cup venue
MLS Cup 2009 venue, Highest home attendance in MLS
Qualcomm Stadium 67,700 San Diego California Grass San Diego Chargers†
Holiday Bowl
Poinsettia Bowl		 CONCACAF Gold Cup venue
Super Bowl XXII, Super Bowl XXXII, and Super Bowl XXXVII Hosts
May be replaced by New Chargers Stadium
Lucas Oil Stadium 66,500 Indianapolis Indiana FieldTurf Indianapolis Colts† Built in 2008
Retractable roof
Super Bowl XLVI in 2012,
NCAA men's basketball Final Four in 2010 and 2015,
NCAA women's basketball Final Four in 2016

Rejected venues

The following venues were considered as possible candidate venues but were not chosen to be included in the final bid.[14]

Image Stadium Capacity City State Surface Home teams Notes
Michigan Stadium 109,901 Ann Arbor Michigan Artificial Michigan Wolverines† Largest non-motorsports stadium in the country, and third-largest non-racing stadium in the world.
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium 77,000 Jacksonville Florida Grass Jacksonville Jaguars†
Gator Bowl
Super Bowl XXXIX hosts
Bank of America Stadium 73,500 Charlotte North Carolina Grass Carolina Panthers†
Meineke Car Care Bowl		 1999 and 2000 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship venue
Cleveland Browns Stadium 73,200 Cleveland Ohio Grass Cleveland Browns†
Edward Jones Dome 67,268 St. Louis Missouri FieldTurf St. Louis Rams† Indoor stadium
Ford Field 67,188 Detroit Michigan FieldTurf Detroit Lions†
Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl		 Super Bowl XL hosts
Wrestlemania 23 hosts
Indoor stadium
Citrus Bowl 65,616 Orlando  Florida Grass Florida Tuskers†
Capital One Bowl
Champs Sports Bowl		 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1996 Olympics
and WrestleMania XXIV venue.
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 63,026 Oakland California Grass Oakland Raiders†
Oakland A's‡		 Multi-purpose stadium.
Soldier Field 61,000 Chicago Illinois Grass Chicago Bears† 1994 FIFA World Cup venue.
Stanford Stadium 50,500 Palo Alto California Grass Stanford Cardinal† Rebuilt 1984 Olympics,
1994 FIFA World Cup and 1999 Women's World Cup venue
RFK Stadium 45,600 Washington  District of Columbia Grass D.C. United
EagleBank Bowl		 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1996 Olympics venue

August 2009 cut

The following stadiums were eliminated in an earlier cut in August 2009

Image Stadium Capacity City State Surface Home teams Events Hosted
Legion Field 71,594 Birmingham Alabama Artificial UAB Blazers†
Papajohns.com Bowl		 1996 Olympics
Ohio Stadium 102,329 Columbus Ohio Artificial Ohio State Buckeyes† On National Register of Historic Places
Neyland Stadium 100,011 Knoxville Tennessee Grass Tennessee Volunteers† Ranked as America's #1 college football stadium by The Sporting News in 2001
Metrodome 64,111 Minneapolis Minnesota Artificial Minnesota Vikings† 1985 MLB All-Star Game
Super Bowl XXVI
1992 and 2001 Final Four
1987 and 1991 World Series venue
TCF Bank Stadium 50,805 Minneapolis Minnesota Artificial Minnesota Golden Gophers† One of three new Minneapolis stadiums (along with Target Field and Vikings Stadium (proposed))
Sun Devil Stadium 73,379 Tempe Arizona Grass Arizona State Sun Devils†
Insight Bowl		 Super Bowl XXX
former Fiesta Bowl venue
Heinz Field 65,050 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Grass Pittsburgh Steelers†
Pittsburgh Panthers†		 2011 NHL Winter Classic
Rice-Eccles Stadium 45,017 Salt Lake City Utah Artificial Utah Utes† 2002 Winter Olympics opening/closing venue
Alamodome 65,000 San Antonio Texas Artificial Alamo Bowl 1998, 2004
and 2008 Final Four venue
U.S. Army All-American Bowl
Las Vegas Stadium Proposed Las Vegas Nevada Proposed None Proposed

June cut

The following stadiums were eliminated at the first cut in June, 2009:[16]

Denied interest in hosting[16]

Official Bid Partners

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Goff, Steven (2007-02-20). "U.S. to Seek World Cup". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/19/AR2007021900914.html. Retrieved 2007-10-28. 
  2. ^ "U.S. to bid for 2018 and 2022 World Cups". ESPNsoccernet. Associated Press (Chicago). 29 January 2009. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=614052&sec=world&cc=5901. Retrieved 29 January 2009. 
  3. ^ "US withdraw bid to host 2018 World Cup". BBC Sport. 15 October 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9097559.stm. 
  4. ^ Goff, Steve (2 February 2009). "USA in '18 (or '22)". The Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/02/usa_in_18_or_22.html. Retrieved 4 September 2009. 
  5. ^ "FIFA receives bidding documents for 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups" (Press release). FIFA.com. 2010-05-14. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/bidders/2018/newsid=1210979.html. Retrieved 2010-07-31. 
  6. ^ Goff, Steve (February 2, 2009). "USA in '18 (or '22)". The Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/02/usa_in_18_or_22.html. Retrieved 2009-02-04. 
  7. ^ "Counselor To President Clinton, Douglas Band, Joins Team To Bring FIFA World Cup To United States in 2018 or 2022". U.S. Soccer. April 8, 2010. http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Federation-Services/2010/04/Douglas-Band-Joins-Team-To-Bring-FIFA-World-Cup-To-United-States-in-2018-or-2022.aspx. Retrieved July 27, 2010. 
  8. ^ "Spike Lee joins US World Cup bid committee". USA Today. 2010-01-04. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-01-04-435722717_x.htm. Retrieved 2010-05-26. 
  9. ^ Soccer, US (June 16, 2009). "Forty-Five Venues Make Short List of Candidate Stadiums in U.S.". US Soccer. http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_14876672.html. Retrieved 2009-07-24. 
  10. ^ Goff, Steven (November 2, 2009). "Weymouth Joins Cup Effort". The Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/11/weymouth_joins_cup_effort.html. Retrieved November 2, 2009. 
  11. ^ "USA Bid Committee Receives Confirmation From 58 Venues Interested in Holding FIFA World Cup Matches in 2018 or 2022" (Press release). United States Soccer Federation. 2009-04-23. http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_14155776.html. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
  12. ^ "USA Bid Committee Issues Requests For Proposals to 37 Potential FIFA World Cup Host Cities For 2018 or 2022" (Press release). United States Soccer Federation. 2009-06-16. http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_14876672.html. Retrieved 2009-06-18. 
  13. ^ "USA Bid Committee Announces List of 27 Cities Still in Contention For Inclusion in U.S. Bid to Host FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022" (Press release). United States Soccer Federation. 2009-08-20. http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Federation-Services/2009/08/27-Cities-Chosen-For-World-Cup-Bid.aspx. Retrieved 2009-08-20. 
  14. ^ a b c "Bid Committee announces official bid cities" (Press release). The USA Bid Committee. 2010-01-12. http://www.gousabid.com/news/entry/bid-committee-announces-official-bid-cities/. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
  15. ^ a b Developers of LA's proposed NFL stadium expand plans to lure World Cup, Developers of LA's proposed NFL stadium expand plans to lure World Cup
  16. ^ a b http://www.gousabid.com/news/entry/58-venues-interested-in-holding-fifa-world-cup-matches-in-2018-or-2022/

External links

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