Tag: 2026 World Cup

Hard Rock Stadium to host World Cup matches in 2026

This will be a great opportunity to catch some matches of the most popular sport in the world.

With the World Cup coming to North America in 2026, a number of cities were waiting on a decision to find out whether or not they would be granted an opportunity to host matches during the event.

On Thursday, FIFA announced the 11 U.S. cities that made that list, and Miami was on the list with games taking place at Hard Rock Stadium. Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle will be hosting matches as well.

Each city has the chance to have as many as six games, however, we won’t know exactly how many Miami will get until next year.

The city is used to hosting high-profile soccer matches with clubs like FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Manchester United, as well as Brazil and Colombia’s national teams, all playing there in the past.

This will be a great opportunity to catch some of the world’s most popular sport being played at the highest level right in our own backyard.

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2026 World Cup heading to Levi’s Stadium

The World Cup is coming to Levi’s Stadium in 2026.

The 2026 World Cup hosted in North America will feature games at Levi’s Stadium. The 49ers on Thursday made the official announcement.

This is the first time since 1994 that international football’s soccer’s biggest stage has come to North America. In the 1994 edition the games were held across the United States. In 2026 there’ll also be games hosted in Canada and Mexico. Santa Clara is one of 11 cities in the US that will play host to matches. Two cities in Canada will serve as host sites, as will three cities in Mexico.

In 1994 the games played in the Bay Area were hosted at Stanford Stadium since the San Francisco Giants were using Candlestick Park in the Summer. This time the 49ers don’t share a stadium with a baseball team, so Levi’s Stadium will be unoccupied during the summer months.

Santa Clara joins Atlanta, Boston, Houston, Kansas City, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia and Seattle as the host cities in the US.

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Jerry Jones presents 2026 World Cup pitch for Dallas, AT&T Stadium

The Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium may play host to the world’s biggest sporting event

When Jerry Jones created AT&T Stadium just over a decade ago, the Cowboys owner and GM had more than just professional football on his mind.

In his latest attempt to branch out into other sectors of the sports world, Jones, along with the Dallas Sports Commission, presented a pitch to FIFA that made the case for Dallas to be the 2026 World Cup host city.

Dan Hunt, Dallas 2026 Committee Chairman and FC Dallas President, said after the proposal ended, “Today was our opportunity to present (to FIFA) and we had representation from the city of Dallas, from the Cowboys and AT&T Stadium, and FC Dallas.”

Hunt would go on to add, “We walked them through why Dallas is such a great city and why our region and metroplex can host such successful events. Obviously, one of the big ones is that we have a first-class stadium at AT&T Stadium. It can host – and has hosted – many of the great world events already.”

Jones chimed in about his grand plans for the stadium, “When I was thinking about building AT&T Stadium, I knew we wanted a great place for 100,000 people to have a unique experience. We’re ready to do what we can to make this World Cup the most special of them all.”

AT&T Stadium may be known for hosting the NFL’s most valuable franchise’s home games, but Jones has already used his state of the art arena to for many of the world’s most prestigious sporting events.

Some of the more substantial events include: 2010 NBA All-Star game (world record 108,713 fans for a basketball game), Superbowl XLV, 2014 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four, 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, the yearly Cotton Bowl, Wrestlemania, three world championship boxing matches, and numerous international soccer matches (majority were CONCACAF Gold Cup matches).

Dallas is no stranger to the World Cup, as it played host, along with nine other U.S. cities, to the world’s largest sporting event in 1994.

An event of this size would have a massive impact on the Dallas area. Dallas Sports Commission Executive Director Monica Paul stated their projections include $400 million in revenue and 3,000 jobs created for the span of the event.

A final decision on the host city is expected to be made in second half of 2021.