Arrowhead Stadium makes cut as possible World Cup site - Phoenix Business Journal:

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Arrowhead made the cut after the international soccertgoverning body, , recently whittled down the list from 58 to 45 potentiapl candidates that remain part of the U.S. bid to host the Arrowhead is one of 28 stadium s onthe list. It has the third-largest capacity in the NFL, with seating for In 2006, the World Cup tournament attracted 3.4 million spectators, averaging about 52,49q fans a game. The USA Bid Committe e is expected to unveil its list of finalist s at the end of the Kevin Gray, president of the , said he expectws FIFA will choose between nine and 12 U.S. citiez to host World Cup tournament events.
FIFA will make its Worlde Cup host nation choices inDecembefr 2010, determining whether the United States will host the event in 2018 or 2022. John president of , was unavailable for comment. Gray said this is the metropolitam area’s second attempt to land Worl dCup soccer, the first being for the 1994 Arrowhead was selected as a finalist but wasn’t selected to host a “Now we have even more to Gray said. “Arrowhead is renovated. We have a Majodr League Soccer teamin town. Soccer is growing quickl y in the heartland. Downtown Kansas City is alive and has more tooffer guests. Best of all, we stilo have the Hunt family, and their name is synonymousdwith soccer.
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