These Stadiums Aren't Ready?! | British Soccer Fan Reacts To FIFA World Cup 2026 Stadiums
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- British Guy reacts to FIFA World Cup 2026 Stadiums.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. The tournament, which will be the largest ever with 48 participating teams and 80 games, is expected to have record high attendance. To host the competition’s games, 16 world-class stadiums have been selected across North America. Of these, 3 are located in Mexico, 11 are in the United States and 2 are in Canada. They consist of some of the largest and most expensive stadiums in the world, with advanced technology, huge video displays and enormous seating capacities. By 2026, they will serve as a top-class venues to host the beautiful game on its largest stage!
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Fixing these problems would still be cheaper than 1/100 of the spending of any of the last three world cups. anyway they got a couple thousand NFL games and concerts to host before the world cup so they are taking their time.
Expensive on paper, cheap by comparison
Relax. The USA knows how to get ready and has put on many world sporting events.
@@hrussell9677 what makes you think i am not? just commenting on how little spending this world cup is going to need to go off great. All of these stadiums were ready before the 2022 world cup stadiums
The only real issue with some of these stadiums that require renovations is that the field in American football is slightly narrower than in Soccer and a good chunk of them use artificial turf instead of real grass. But those are really simple fixes. It is astronomically cheaper for the US to host the world cup because our stadiums are already built and are enormous.
it’s more narrow by like 5 feet on each side. Yk how in highschool they can play soccer on the football field? It works the same way here
@@Wxqzq9826 Yeah it's just that things get really tight on the sidelines.
I think that the main difference is that soccer uses more turf _on_ the field, and American football uses more turf _beside_ the field (74 players on the sideline instead of 14, counting both teams). On TV, it looks like they mainly convert NFL stadiums to MLS stadiums--in the stadiums that do this routinely--by drawing the touchlines so that the playing surface includes some of the area that's used as "bench" area during NFL games.
@@loganleroy8622 For the World Cup it's worth it and required by FIFA to remove some seats to widen the field and install grass. Normally for the Gold Cup or whatever they don't do that. Of course, they will do these renovations following the 2025 NFL season and the seats restored before the 2026 season.
@@philipmcniel4908 There are a few stadiums that were built to support both games. Long narrow gridiron and shorter wider pitch. But I agree completely about grass verses turf. But turf holds up much better for American Football and in the US it is king.
3:25 funny you say that. Monterrey is an industrial city. It’s also very modern especially near its center. I agree it does look a bit out of place in that particular neighborhood near the mountains. Overall I think it fits the city. Monterreys biggest industry was steel. They have an old metal foundry that they turned into a public park/ museum. They have one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Latin America. Really interesting city.
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Came here to say exactly this! Monterrey has been one of if not the biggest industrial city in Mexico for about 100 years and steel is still one of the biggest industries in the state, so a big steel stadium is absolutely fitting with the region and its history (maybe not so much with the neighborhood but that can change in a few years, the identity of the city won't).
Parque fundidora, a great example of Monterrey’s industrial landscape
Metlife Stadium - like many newer NFL stadiums - was actually designed with soccer in mind. The seating in the corners is retractable to accommodate a FIFA-regulation pitch. The first sporting event held there in fact was a Mexico-Ecuador friendly and it's hosted numerous CONCACAF Gold Cup and international exhibition matches since.
It hosted the 2016 Copa America final, I was there !
And the recent news coming out is that Dallas (Arlington) is getting the Final.
@@XX2Media metlife stadium got it lol it all makes sense now
@@Hero-and-Hooligan makes no sense whatsoever but that’s what they want.
All the journalists who reported Dallas prematurely should be punished for this.
@@XX2Media it makes no sense that the New York metro area would get the WC final over Dallas? LOL. Yeah, ok.
The Monterey BBVA one it's gorgeous.
I will be volunteering at the Houston 2026 FIFA World Cup games. The city is already working on it.
Atlanta will host a couple of EPL exhibition matches in July.
It will be the first time grass will be placed in the stadium, and should be a good early test case for 2026.
The stadium was designed from the start to support soccer (via retractable corner seats), and supports a full 77yd width.
The record for soccer was 73,019 spectators at the 2018 MLS Cup
That will be awesome I hope to volunteer there for the World Cup
Atlanta already test natural grass inside for the premium league in 2023
@@Alex-ko4pk Different application of temporary grass. In Feb 2024 when the turf was replaced, they also installed irrigation in the subsurface infrastructure to go with already existing drainage.
This allows the installation of sod rolls that can actually be grown and cared for while installed, then removed and placed back on the ground at a grow farm.
In 2026 sod will be installed in Feb and kept in place through the Cup, grown and nurtured in place as a permanent installation.
Funny enough that you say that about the video board for the cowboys stadium, because it's known for kickers hitting the video board constantly 7:24
They very rarely hit it in games. But most punters can hit it if they are trying.
as a native of Kansas City, I honestly can't wait for the world cup to come to arrowhead. Probably the best game day atmosphere (especially during the playoffs)
I imagine most of the renovations on Arrowhead will be the bathrooms. I love the stadium, but the facilities are pretty terrible.
The turf surfaces for the NFL won’t be a problem. The NFL season ends completely in January or February, depending when the Super Bowl is and where. I would assume the stadiums will get their surfaces changed almost as soon as possible in early 2026, and be ready by end the of April that year. Plus, we have several areas with other smaller stadiums for MLS for the teams to camp, like Columbus, Austin and Portland.
Super Bowl LX is currently set to take place at Levi's Stadium in San Francisco, on February 8 of that year.
@@ThreePointOneFou I heard that recently, and I would assume that they will get to work changing the surfaces almost immediately after the Super Bowl. FIFA is supposed to get the host city reps together this fall to give them the match schedules, who will have what games, how many, etc. I’ve been roaming around YouYube, and the Kansas City folks are out of their minds excited and it’s pretty endearing!
@@ThreePointOneFou Levi's Stadium is a natural grass field
FIFA takes over the stadiums a month out. Those that have turf will see it removed and replaced by grass. For the domed stadiums, they used grass that was maintained outside the stadium and brought in prior to the tournament in 1994.
As far as the scoreboard in Dallas, kickers try hitting it in practice as a way to loosen up their legs, but it's never been hit during games.
When he says the stadiums can be expanded for special events, he's talking about concerts and convensions and the like, when the floor can be used for additional seating.
The expanded capacities are for football, not concerts. AT&T has held 105,000 for football and 132,000 for wrestling.
Minneapolis and Chicago both declined to host as both cities felt that the conditions FIFA wanted were untolerable, and already theres a lot of pushback from city governments about FIFA.
Vegas didn't bother bidding either; it doesn't need extra tourists.
I don't think it will happen, but in Mexico, they are planning to build 2 new stadiums that are 2 levels above BBVA in Monterrey and Akron in Guadalajara that could (I very much doubt it) replace several venues in the USA;
New Tigres Stadium: th-cam.com/video/tN11aeBut7c/w-d-xo.html
New stadium in León: th-cam.com/video/Lr9VjrcA4oc/w-d-xo.html
Both stadiums are forecast to start at the beginning of 2024 and could be finished before the World Cup starts and it would really give a better environment and services to tourists who visit these stadiums to cheer on their teams.
@@josegiovanigonzalezmata5570 - *definitely* not gonna happen
@@SilvanaDilit should, plenty of games to go around
Really? I would have loved to go to a game in Minneapolis, what were some of the conditions?
American here! Would love to fly down to Mexico City and catch a game at Azteca, truly a temple of football! Other than that, I'm planning on catching games in NYC and Philly, as well as the local fan fests in our nation's capital Washington DC. Would love to also fly out to LA and see SoFi, would probably have to choose between that or Mexico. Either way, it's going to be incredible! GO USA!!!
What is happening to RFK? I know Washington Redskins moved out years ago, and videos on here show it looking decrepit.
They're using football stadiums in the US because our soccer stadiums are much smaller, and the World Cup will draw in a lot of spectators, obviously.
The stadiums only really need to put grass instead of turf but some stadiums will need slight renovations
Pretty sure most if not all the stadiums have removable turf.
@@CamDaManThePlan Seattle, New York/New Jersey, New England, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston and Atlanta plus Vancouver uses turf fields.
SoFi Stadium in LA is in danger of not being a host stadium if they cannot configure the pitch to FIFA standards (too narrow). If so, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena would be the backup (it previously hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup Final and the 2000 FIFA Womens World Cup Final). It's too bad that Chicago missed out on hosting, as its new stadium will not be finished in time.
They can host games, just not the semis and finals. The problem is, while they CAN adjust the seating to fit a full pitch, that would reduce the capacity below the lower limit for final games. Group stage and earlier knock out games are a little more lenient. The Rose Bowl is a grand old stadium, but just no longer up to modern standards.
Is for the best, as much I like SoFi stadium, I find repulsive that the FIFA only prefer high end stadiums, they should also take in consideration historic stadiums like the Rose Bowl, they even are rising their nose against the Estadio Azteca.
1) Arrow Head isn't really missing anything it just needs an overhaul. It's time. 2)The seating Capacity Variance is based on two things. One, they can put folding seats on the field, and two most plastic stadium seats can be flexed, making them narrower. the flex allows them to add a couple of seats per row. 3) Kansas City is really pumped.
There is a huge problem with KC hosting- of all the American and Canadian cities hosting, that is the one the organizers should really be concerned about. Now, I don’t doubt the passion the locals have for the game, how good the atmosphere will be there, and that Arrowhead is big enough, etc. What is in doubt is KC’s actual logistical ability to effectively host matches in a tournament like this. This is by some margin the biggest event KC has ever hosted- this will be like hosting 6 or 7 Super Bowls in a month.
1. The transit infrastructure in KC is seriously lackluster compared to the other cities- this is a city that is made almost entirely for the people who live there. The stadium is 10 miles from downtown with no rail transit to get there (which is mind-boggling, considering Arrowhead and Kaufman Stadiums are used a combined total 9 months out of the year). If the KC Streetcar could be extended out there, then that would be ideal. I doubt however that will happen. Renting cars will not only be difficult because of demand, but extremely expensive.
2. The airport is 20 miles north of downtown with no public transit to get there, and is not a hub for any major American airline, unlike every other American and Canadian city hosting.
3. There aren’t enough hotel rooms out there- this very well could be a serious issue.
That was also my concern when they announced it’s coming to KC, I wish they proposed something before they thought of bid if anything MAYBE a extension on the streetcar, but it’s taking the extension down south to the Plaza a while.
I agree with you Joe. That stadium in Mexico is gorgeous and it would be my first pick also as the most beautiful. I live in Seattle and this is a big soccer (futbol) town. We have a great team and they receive massive support here. This city is going to go crazy during the world cup. Bring a lot of $$$$ because Seattle and the surrounding area is very expensive. Even more so in Vancouver, San Francisco and LA. I'll bet this world cup generates the most money ever. ♣
Mexico is scary
Seattle isn’t more expensive than San Francisco pal
@@Zach-mw5so SF is a dump pal
@@Zach-mw5so Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. ♣ I think that each of the other cities hosting games on the west coast, including Vancouver, are more expensive than Seattle. SF and Van are crazy expensive. Should be a great time. ♦
While the Azteca is an iconic stadium it is literally a dump. It has horrendous visibility in many parts of the stadium and it does not have enough access points throughout the stands. It is in really bad shape with the exception of a few renovated suites.
I do not know if someone's already talked about this in a previous comment, but they did not talk about AT&T Stadium's upcoming renovations. Because the stadium has a turf field, they have to raise the actual field by 18 feet. To do this, they are gonna have to completely fill the field-level suites with dirt as well as the first couple sections.
I'm sure those seats will be removed. Because, dirt.
As an immigrant I'm going to looove the possibilities of some non American teams having "home" games in the US.
Los Angeles - if Mexico somehow draw here, it's a home game for Mexico.
And as long as we don't face Mexico, South Korea will have a home crowd - Los Angeles area has the biggest Koreatown in the Western Hemisphere.
South Florida/Miami- any South American team here will have a home crowd for sure.
NYC/Philly- Although most of the population nowadays are like 4th generation immigrants and don't even speak the language anymore, there's still a HUGE Italian American presence in the northeast.
Boston - Similarly, there's a lot of Italian Americans, but the IRish American presence there is HUGE, so much so that they even played a role in funding the IRA way back in the day.
Seattle - Also has a lot of Asian Americans, including KOrean immigrants but also quite a bit of Japanese Americans as well (fun fact, Teriyaki was invented there)
I agree with you, the Mexican National Team forgets that they are Mexican and they spend their time playing friendly matches in the USA for $$$.
Thank heavens, Concacaf asks that the teams play in stadiums in their countries, because if that restriction does not exist, believe me that team would play 100% of their matches in the USA and not in Mexico.
7:01 the expanded seating is where they have some standing room only areas they can pack in
7:47. Next to the NFG stadium, notice the world's 1st domed/covered stadium, the Astrodome. It's unused but can't be torn down because of its historical status.
Some of these venues have been consistently great soccer support while some have not. I decided to start keeping a list back in 2015 of soccer games in NFL stadiums (and went back 10 years before that, so I have a list of every soccer game played in every NFL stadium that was built from 2005 onward). So here's the list of the ones that are World Cup venues for 2026.
SoFi Stadium in LA - 71,189 average (1 game)
AT&T Stadium in Arlington - 62,561 average (18 games)
MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford - 59,234 average (27 games)
Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara - 52,077 average (20 games)
Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta - 49,346 average (106 games)
no doubt SoFi will always be entirely sold out as it’s in LA and close to Mexico border, very famous spot and one of the biggest cities in America with a high amount of Football fans
@@jinbiased5283 still won't get the Final.
Another thing to note is that most of these renovations are here to stay and are not just for the World Cup
Seattle, Foxboro, Miami, and Atlanta stadiums all meet FIFA pitch sizes 74-75 yards. MetLife, Lincoln Financial, Levi, and NRG have adequate width 70-72 yards for international competition. Eventhough Sofi, AT&T, and Arrowhead have hosted soccer before but they look narrow for FIFA standard. They barely meet 68 yards width.
The only US stadium that can’t fit a pitch is SoFi (ironically the newest and most expensive). It of course won’t be too much of a problem to fix. I was really sad to see that Soldier Field in Chicago withdrew their bid. It’s one of the only stadiums that is actually in the city and Chicago is one of the most beautiful cities in America in my opinion. Granted it’s a really old stadium. Will be great for the world, these stadiums are huge but having three hosts, in countries that are already huge (granted Canadian stadiums will be hugging the US is going to be a logistics nightmare for people.
I’m sure your subscribers would love to host u if u were to come to the US…..just ask.
There is a major problem with So-Fi in Los Angeles, as the pitch size is apparently not big enough currently which will require some renovations. It also has a slight rain issue (rain get through the gaps in the canopy). Not a good start for the supposed best stadium in the country.
SO many Americas would fight fist and gun hearing someone call it the best in the country. Even Viking fans and they Super nice people.
California was in a drought for almost a decade. This is the wettest season in a generation, and it’s unlikely to continue. Climate change project that California will continue to experience prolonged drought so it’s not that big of an issue. A bit of field extension should be pretty easy to do since it’ll be deep in the off season of its primary tenants.
I don’t think the rain issue is a big deal. It rarely rains in LA
You're talking about LA in the summer. It doesn't rain there and if it does that will be the only time it rains for the next 20 days.
Los Angeles hosts quite a few intentional exhibition matches. And the only 2 stadiums that can host that have capacity over 40k are the coliseum and Rose Bowl. Both suck. Especially during the summer. Sofi wants soccer/football
The New York Jets and Giants Play in New Jersey don't ask me why I from Illinois
Because New York real estate is way more expensive lol.
Because it’s way too expensive to built a stadium there. So New Jersey built a stadium that they pay rent to play there. Both teams now have training facilities in New Jersey and players live in New Jersey for convenience
The video display in the Dallas Stadium is low. It's not uncommon for NFL punters to hit it when they punt the football. I don't think that it will be an issue for soccer games because goal kicks and keeper punts normally don't go as high as an NFL punter's kick.
In 1994 playing soccer in America’s football stadiums wasn’t an issue. Temporary grass fields were put in on the fields that use artificial turf. There’s no need for drama.
When he looked at BMO v what we have in America 😅 my pride kicked in no lie.
8:35 SoFi Stadium while it has a roof it is an Open Air Stadium, so there no Climate Control, there is no A/C to cool it on hot days. Except for the Luxury Suites.
I'm curious how many people fly to America for games from other countries - especially with the group stages being expanded to 48 teams. 2026 will be the biggest and best World Cup yet.
The US could have hosted alone but with Canada and Mexico, FIFA has no issues to grant the WC2026 to North America World Cup.
Carolina Bank of America stadium, Minneapolis Vikings stadium, Chicago, Las Vegas, Baltimore, and Louisiana Superdome are missing out host venues. Other newly built 2026 stadiums Buffalo and Tennessee are also missing out.
there has been a ball hit the bottom of the video screen in the Dallas stadium before in an american football game, but it's not really low it's just big
I played a flag football final at MetLife and from the field it’s astonishingly massive.
May have pulled a pre-game groin workin on my goal post dunks and Lambeau leaps. 😔
7:17 balls do hit the video board in American football games. Happens maybe a handful of times a season and they have to redo the play.
Man United played the Estadio Akron's opening match against Chivas as part of the deal that sent 'Chicharito' to the Red Devils.
So the BBVA stadium is actually located in Guadalupe Mexico ( one of the most upper class areas in the city of Monterrey) so you may find it odd to be there . However if you are in central Monterrey , you will notice how much impact Monterey has on the industrial industry such as parque fundidora. (Once a steel and iron foundry now a museum/park) if you ever get a chance to visit , please do so. You’ll enjoy the landscape of Monterrey
I live 15 blocks from the Miami dolphins stadium (hard rock stadium) and it will be impossible for us here to get tickets for the game, I'm trying to get tickets for the Argentina copa américa game down here in a few weeks and it's impossible because those tickets most likely are already sold to private buyers that buy them by the thousands.
At AT&T stadium punters have hit the scoreboard a few times i wonder what would happen if that happened in a game
Saving my money now to hopefully travel to some games outside of where I live in WA state! I'm in driving distance of Seattle and Vancouver but I was thinking of going to Monterrey then over to Houston. Or do I head out east? Decisions, decisions! What I liked hearing about the event in Qatar was how close all the venues were so people could easily see multiple games. Why didn't Azteca get the final?
Yes, the video boards at at&t Stadium are low. Punters have been known to hit them.
I can’t wait to see a game in Atlanta in 2026. It’s going to be fantastic!
I think the US could be flirting with being a top 8 team by then. I’m just ready for it.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's doable. Argentina, France, Brazil, England, Italy are the clear favorites going forward, but Belgium, Netherlands, Croatia, Portugal & Spain all need a lot of retooling with aging stars. The rate of development in the US has been rapid.
@@jgonsand you think that, with the teams that you mentioned that need re-tooling, it's going to catapult the USMNT ahead of them in quality and in the rankings? LOL! OK.
@@el.aye.bee.4477 no i'm saying it's possible USMNT is improving just as fast.
@@el.aye.bee.4477you act like the US is ranked like 30th. Once again international SOCCER FANS (how did that feel), turning their nose up at the US. So um How many world competitions has England won? The Netherlands? Portugal? Some of you act like they have all won multiple world cups and the US has never done anything in the World Cup. Get over yourself
I’m really sad Denver isn’t hosting any matches. I live in Utah and our closest options are San Francisco, LA, and Seattle. I understand why Salt Lake wouldn’t host any matches as there isn’t a venue with enough capacity but Denver could’ve made sense for for people in the Rocky Mountain regions.
Kinda sad my city didn't get to host any games, but our football stadium only seats 20,000, and the arena they used for the olympics is barely big enough for basketball or hockey. I know they made a bid, but were dismissed as a possibility out of hand
The score board in Dallas actually is really low and frequently gets hit during punts. So you were right there. The owner doesn’t really care because the scoreboard strokes his ego
He messed up and made it so the sun will blind his team during home games cause he wanted to show off. This level of hubris is funny as it is amazing.
I came to the comments section to say this. It should be noted though that punts are intentially extremely high, punters want to get hangtime into the 4.5 second range if they can. I doubt it will be a problem for soccer.
@@ajdembroski7529 I'm wondering whether any long punts or goal kicks from the goalkeepers would put it in danger.
I laughed when he said, "That's pretty low to the...field." That's exactly what everyone said when it was unveiled. The NFL actually had to introduce new rules covering what happens should a kickoff or punt hit the underside of that thing. However, soccer kicks don't generally soar that high, so that shouldn't be an issue.
Funny BMO Field is the only actual primary Soccer stadium in Canada and US being used. Thats how much we care about this recess hobby.
The jumbotron in the Dallas stadium is a bit low, but for the purposes of the WC, I don't think it will be that big of an issue. I wish I could go, but the nearest stadium is in NYC and that's going to be a nightmare getting to and staying at.
They already have the approval to update much of the technology inside. The question is, will they replace the center hung HDTV with something similar to what SoFi Stadium has. I'm sure Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wouldn't want his Palace playing second fiddle to SoFi.
Traffic is a nightmare into and out of: Boston, NYC/New Jersey, Miami, and Los Angeles. San Francisco, actually Santa Clara, is boiling hot (over 40C) in the sun on the East Side. Mexico City is over 7,000 feet above sea level and highly polluted so breathing is difficult.
I wish they selected Alligiant Stadium as one of the venues and the SOFI was hosting the final
i know it isnt a big enough stadium but I wouldve loved to have seen providence park host a match
Mexico has by far the best stadiums in this upcoming World Cup.
Worst* Azteca is an old and disgusting looking stadium which got even uglier with that roof INSIDE the Stadium. Chivas and Monterrey stadium are good but definitely nowhere near the qualify of the Americn Stadiums.
Naaahhhh
@@StaySqueezy12 yes, in none of those US stadiums is not the feeling of actual quality football, just egg ball stadiums who they want to transform, yes they look nice but for me not as good as those classic Mexican stadiums with extensive history
@@ondrejkaslik history means nothing to FIFA and since its THEIR opinion that matters, you bringing up history is very shortsighted and biased.
@@XX2Mediathere’s a reason Estadio Azteca is doing the opening for the World Cup. History on that stadium alone means a lot for soccer history
A Cowboys punter named Bryan Anger hit the Jumbotron in AT&T Stadium
Also i think it would be better for everyone if we got more join the hosting world cup. it would fit the idea that this sport brings people together and would save most places a ton of money. Most places could not afford to just not use most of their giant stadiums for the world cup like the USA is doing.
Think I've seen for potential bidding for WC and Euros there will be a lot more joint bids. Like Scandanavia, Balkans, Uruguay/Chile/Argentina, etc. I'd be very for that.
Sofi in Los Angeles is incredible to watch a game in.
The USA hosted the 1994 World Cup and after 30 years it is still #1 in overall attendance of 3,587,538 and 68,991average attendance per match
The big one missing here was allegiant in las vegas
Because Las Vegas never submitted a bid. Plus, only 65,000 seats which is surprisingly small for how beautiful the stadium is. They should have built it bigger.
The US could have hosted it alone, but having Canada and Mexico co-host added appeal.
In other words, US has the infrastructure to host alone, but needed Canada and Mexico to improve it's bid. 😉 (Also BMO field is embarrassing, come on TORONTO.. step up!!)
BC Place isn't really anything special but it does have that retractable roof and lights up at night. It's in a unique spot as well at the edge of downtown Vancouver, which is why it was probably chosen.
Three of the stadiums listed in the USA, the only three that actually have MLS playing in them, all have TURF. Will FIFA allow that?
Grass will be temporarily installed for the World Cup. It was also done in 1994
1. SOFI is definitely my favorite venue for the WC 2026
2. As a Kansas Citian, I'm super pumped to have games at Arrowhead, but I'm worried about the heat at that time of the year and having no shade or climate control for the fans, but it's a great stadium.
And a great soccer town with over a decade of consistent support for Sporting Kansas City
The games at Arrowhead MIGHT be scheduled with the teams playing there in mind, i.e., a morning game in KC for a country where the time difference puts it in prime time there. It's like what they did with USA Women's team games in Auckland. The added advantage is not interfering too much with commuter traffic for the weekday games.
Technically, USA did not need Canada or Mexico and do it alone. A lot of stadiums here not used like Michigan, Rose Bowl, Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Arizona Cardinals stadium and even Lambeau Field.
As a Torontonian, we probably have the worst WC stadium in tournament history
Too bad the Rogers Centre declined to host because of baseball. That would have been spectacular.
Disagree, Bmo will be beautiful with the additions and hopefully it will mean the end of the argos at Bmo
Sofi almost didn't make the list as FIFA pitch regulation was too little and expensive for just a few matches. But Kroenke was able to get away with the exception being America best most expensive premiere stadium. FIFA loves that.
So are they gonna play with a narrower field?
The downside is how far apart these locations are. hopefully they'll keep teams as regional as possible so fans following their team don't have to spend thousands to fly around the continent. But vs Qatar, at least you can drink beer in all 3 of these countries lol
And all three of these countries consume, alot of beer 🤣
the stadiums were in fact divided into west, east and central en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup#/maplink/0 . There are some odd placements like Guadalajara in the east instead of central with the other mexican stadiums or Atlanta in the central division
We all know why England hasn’t won the World Cup since 1966 😂
It’s the pitch guys it’s the Stadium 😂😂
In Dallas a goalie might be able to hit that screen with a kick if they tried, but the angle to do it wouldn’t be in their best interest in the game.
Not annoyed but not thrilled. I don't even watch NFL football anymore. But it will be good to host the world cup. The time of year isn't fortuitous. Many from Europe will be miserable broiling away in Dallas, Houston, & KC. It will be hot & muggy in Atlanta up to the NE. We will see. Mexico City will be nice but very high altitude.
You forgot the most humid in summer, FL....
@@lilyz2156 I thought about that too. But early in the summer & maybe some saving breezes from the ocean. Definitely not a place for someone not acclimatized. Maybe it won't be too bad.
@@hardtackbeans9790 Temps in FL don't get as high as out west, but the high summer humidity will make u miserable.
@@lilyz2156 Florida in summer is brutal. Not only is it very hot and humid, but it also rains like f***ing hell for about 15 mins in the late afternoon. But the climate in Miami is slightly different than it is in the rest of Florida- Miami’s Caribbean-like summer is more tolerable in summer than anywhere in inland Florida is- especially Orlando. Orlando is unbearable in summer. And although Hard Rock Stadium is not an indoor stadium, it does have a canopy to protect spectators (but not the pitch) from the rain.
@@hmdwgf I know as a native Floridian, how hot it gets. As a native, it's the humidity that is monstrous. I am OG from Key West, have lived in Miami, Orlando and Destin in the pan handle. It is hella hot in summer not temps but humidity. Yes, you have ocean breeze but Hard Rock is a little far from ocean breeze. I prefer AC myself, but I do remember melting in SeaWorld during the pandemic and wearing a mask in June was death.
That massive tv in Dallas has been hit several time in games.
NFL games, not soccer matches. NOT ONCE has a goal kick hit that videoboard. Stop creating problems that don't exist.
almost all british stadiums can't even hold 50000 customers and yet you want to comment on the capacity of the stadiums selected, kinda hypocritical
Several punts have hit the screen in the Cowboys stadium
A ball has hit the big screen at the Dallas stadium. To be fair the player was trying to hit it.
There doesn’t need to be anything done. The length form end zone to end zone are the same as soccer 120urds and a football field is 50 yards wide but if u take away the sidelines for the teams and put dugouts u can make it 60 yds easy. Nothing needs to be done we have the most innovative stadiums in the world
Yes the score board is low, there have been many punts that have hit it! Doesn't make sense, I know, but that's Jerry Jones for ya!?
The worst of these stadiums would still be top class in the EPL where they play with these small and ugly 18k 1920 built stadiums
It's an absolute shame that FIFA's greed is preventing the Rose Bowl from hosting the final. Yes, it doesn't meet current standards. But, there's so much history there. If it's not there, it should be in Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. The one place it should NOT be is in MetLife.
Jets and Giants play directly across from Manhattan more land better access plus at the time less taxes,
I can't wait for the 2026 world cup. I've been to most of these stadiums, but once you walk into the Ateca in Mexico City you will have chills of futbol history and magic.
A magical place for us futbol fans!.
You may actually cry out of futbol joy. 12:06
The 2026 World Cup is going to be massive.
kansas city field is too narrow by fifa standards so making it larger among some other more minor things
Sight lines are horrible for soccer in all NFL stadiums in the USA. When you retract the seats to compensate for the narrow pitch you can’t see the corners, the end lines, and sometimes even the sideline. People are forced to stand up to see corner kicks etc. They might be great for American football (NFL) but certainly not for soccer. The only proper stadiums are in Mexico. The one in Toronto will be OK too.
My favourite is in Monterry
MetLife stadium, which, by the way, is in New Jersey, not New York, sucks. I've been there enough to know. But placing the final there is the height of stupidity. The average high is usually about 85 F or 29 C. it can easily be 95 F or 35 C. And if the humidity gets above 70%, watch out. That's not even taking to account that if there are thunderstorms in the area it could take 4-5 hours to play the game.
Hope go to a game I love the World Cup
cup❌ cop ✅
Balls have hit the Dallas scoreboard in game.
Sofi Stadium is NOT climate controlled. It haves no AC.
The big controversy in this world cup will be the grass/artificial turf and ensuring the pitches are regulation length, i could see that video board in Dallas also being a problem, as you alluded. Nobody in American sports likes playing on artificial turf due to a lot of factors including injury concerns, but the owners or our leagues and venues are really stubborn about making the changes to natural grass despite all the research about it being better for player safety/injuries. I hope that this pushes some of the owners to change their mindset on this, as many have been annoyed by this with American leagues for a while now. I also worry that if some of those stadiums don't make the changes soon and wait till the last minute to change it, that the natural turf won't be up to snuff either.
Seems to me that artificial turf is a bigger issue for soccer than Am. football. Certainly the ideal properties of artificial turf are probably a bit different for soccer than Am. football (with Am. football leaning more toward hard, "fast" surfaces). On the plus side, plenty of soccer-specific stadiums such as Providence Park have been working on perfecting the use of soccer-designed artificial turf for years, so perhaps they'll be able to put those kinds of surfaces in the football stadiums for the World Cup for at least a decent result--or just pay for natural grass.
@@philipmcniel4908 It's a huge issue in American football right now too. Players hate playing on artificial turf. I would have agreed with you a few years ago about that being split, but i think the sentiment has really turned in the last couple years. Look up how Nick Bosa feels about turf, for instance. Many players blame the rise in knee injuries on it, and there's even some literature that head injuries are more prevalent. Personally, I think it's something that has to change.
@@BailsofGlass Thanks for mentioning that! I suppose that can only help the cause of converting the fields to something more soccer-friendly. Oh, and perhaps they should've used natural-grass football stadiums like Green Bay at least somewhat!
This is non-starter. Natural turf will be put in as per FIFA regulations when it comes to tournaments (sans the past FIFA Women's WC in Canada). And no, natural grass isn't going to be laid over the artifical turf like it has 10-12 years ago for a Gold Cup match such as in Seattle's then Qwest Field. The turf can be put in late February-early March and the seams will disappear by the time the WC comes around in late May. All selected stadiums that host a NFL or CFL games already have FIFA regulation size dimensions as they were design & built from the start to host a future World Cup match. With exception to Sofi.
Length isn't the problem-- all NFL pitches are more than 100m long. The issue is the width.
“Renovated to fit FIFA standards l”, aka they’re making the stadium natural grass as a good chunk of the stadiums in the US are artificial turf
so many nfl kickers have hit dallas's scoreboard
Punters will hit the scoreboard on occasion.
Both Canadian stadiums are great!
SoFi has to make changes already. Geniuses who designed and built it forgot to check international soccer regulations regarding pitch size. The field bowl isn’t large enough!
LAFC played Club America at Sofi last year.
You are right. The stadium design could have retractable seats back at least 6-9 feet each side to expand the width to at least 72-74 FIFA standard pitch size.
@@latinoheateddieguerrero7644 on a pitch that was NOT FIFA-certified. Your argument is invalid.
denver should have gotten one smh
Metlife is a town over so im walking to the games
Footballs (American) *Have* hit the Jumbotron at Dallas.
The greatest part of this is that these countries dont need to mortgage their economic growth to build the stadiums like previous countries have. Also, the KC stadium is ugly it looks like a giant toilet bowl.
We have bounce stadiums, so if you have any ultra's you have potentially a disaster.
The AZTECA stadium is the best!
A real football stadium.
Finals should be at Metlife.
It's not even in NY, but having the final in the capital of the world, would make the most sense.
Uh, NYC isn't even the capital of its own STATE, so it's incredibly stupid to call it the "capital of the world".
@@XX2Media If you're from NY, you know for damn sure that Albany isn't the capitol.
The politicians spend more time in NYC than in Albany, for a good reason.
@@sfdko3291 tell that to cartographers, political scientists, and the laws of the state of New York.
These politicians do not meet in NYC for official congressional business; they meet for bribes, kickbacks, political favors over fine NYC cuisine. But Albany IS the capital; that is a fact.