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No, I'm saying that we wouldn't have to spend billions upon billions of dollars on infrastructure because it would already be there. We wouldn't have to worry about facilities, and clearly we can hold bigger events much easier than places like Brazil ever could.
Tax money will always be in play, but our country doesn't have nearly the same type of issues.
That is fine and all, but it is still kinda immoral to take peoples money by force for the "common good" and spend it on a soccer game... I am against taxes. (Separate issue) But even if you believe in them, let's fix all the actual problems that need attention before ANY is spent on sports entertainment...
Seattle or Portland
San Diego or Phoenix
Denver
Miami
Dallas or San Antonio
Columbus or Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Charlotte or Atlanta
Portland doesnt even have a stadium large enough to host something on the scale of the world cup. Besides Seattle, Miami, Dallas, Philly, and ATL, i would have a hard time seeing and of the other cities getting chose even if we have 12 sites.
I'm sure Jacksonville is a great town. I've heard that the city was a good enough Super Bowl host. But because of the b*tching and complaining from the major media outlets while they were down there, I highly doubt Jacksonville host any big time sporting events, outside of the annual Florida/Georgia game.
The home of the world's largest scoreboards should definitely host a game. It would be incredible, especially with the new pools and cabanas also.
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Nice scoreboard, but I don't think Jacksonville stands a chance.
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Yea, they will have to use cruise ships for extra hotel, widen expressways etc.
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It's nice, but... no.
I'm sure Jacksonville is a great town. I've heard that the city was a good enough Super Bowl host. But because of the b*tching and complaining from the major media outlets while they were down there, I highly doubt Jacksonville host any big time sporting events, outside of the annual Florida/Georgia game.
Yeah, as much as I'd love to see Jax as a World Cup Host, 2022 is too soon to expect that to happen. The city has come A LONG way since the 2005 Super Bowl, but there's still a long way to go. Specifically, there need to be twice the number of hotel rooms near the core, there's still a pretty significant amount of infill that still needs to happen in and near downtown, and there needs to be reliable mass transit options connecting all the popular core neighborhoods to the sports district, to the beaches, and to St Augustine.
That said, this Shad Khan fellow seems to be able to make things happen and if he has his way (and continues to lead the charge for economic development in Jax and redevelopment of the downtown and sports districts) then I believe Jacksonville has a legitimate shot at the Super Bowl or NCAA Football playoff games around 2022. But for the WC it's still likely too much of a stretch.
1. Seattle( their venue is perfect for soccer)
2. San Francisco(new niners stadium)
3. Los Angeles(possible new nfl venue)
4. Minneapolis( new vikings stadium under construction, plus tcf bank stadium)
5. Chicago
6. Atlanta( new stadium under construction)
7. Houston(huge international community, plus Dallas already hosted the '94 cup)
8. Miami
9. New York
Then you can start to pare down the list a bit with which stadiums/cities were chosen to host large Gold Cup matches this summer. If you are on both lists as approved, its safe to assume you would have an extremely good chance of hosting a world cup match:
1. NYC - Met life Stadium. Capacity: 83k
2. Pasadena - Rose Bowl. Capacity: 91k
3. Philadelphia - Lincoln Financial Field. Capacity: 70k (Hosting GC Final)
4. Boston/Foxboro - Gillette Stadium. Capacity: 69k
5. Atlanta - Georgia Dome. Capacity: 71k. (Not sure how they would feel about playing in a dome though)
6. Baltimore - M&T Bank Stadium. Capacity: 71k
7. Seattle - Century Link Field. Capacity: 67k
8. Kansas City - Arrowhead Stadium. Capacity: 80k
9. Chicago - Soldier Field. Capacity: 63k
10. Glendale - University of Phoenix Stadium. Capacity: 63k
11. Houston - NRG Stadium. Capacity: 71k
12. Miami - Sun Life Stadium. Capacity: 66k (I included Miami because they are an International draw and SLS has undergone quite the impressive renovation)
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