For Dallas, landing World Cup games could be like hosting ‘six Super Bowls’

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and three cities each from Canada and Mexico vying to be among the 16 bid winners that will be announced by FIFA at 4 p.m. on FS1. It’s expected that FIFA will choose 10 to 12 American markets as hosts, but Hunt feels like the Dallas area has an advantage.

AT&T Stadium is the only local stadium that would host World Cup games, but Hunt said about eight other venues in D-FW could host national teams. That list includes Toyota Stadium, MoneyGram Soccer Park, the Cotton Bowl, SMU and UT-Dallas. This would be the first time since 1994 that Dallas hosted the World Cup. That year, games were played at the Cotton Bowl, Fair Park hosted the International Broadcast Center, and Dallas hosted a quarterfinal match between Brazil and the Netherlands.“I think this is a great soccer community that deserves to have the final,” he said. “If we get a semifinal or get the opening match, that will be an amazing win for our community.

 

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