Chicago didn’t pursue a bid. They didn’t want to play ball with FIFA’s financial demands.da_GOAT wrote: ↑Jun 30, 2023Chicago lost out lol Kansas City beat them and Denver out.STLEnginerd wrote: ↑Mar 21, 2023I thought the host cities were already set... If not, I think getting a WC game would be unlikely BUT it isn't that far fetched. They should be able to bring in sod like they did for the Real Madrid/InterMilan game. My understanding was it was a little tight but honestly is Arrowhead or Soldier field any less tight. NY and Philly also seem pretty narrow. Seattle, Boston, Miami, Tampa Bay and Charlotte seem to have NFL stadiums well suited to Soccer.
It may come down to feet and inches and also money, namely Chicago NY SF LA and Philly will get games because they are Chicago NY SF LA and Philly. Everyone else better have a stadium well suited to soccer.
Sorry but I've reread that sentence a number of times and still can't understand.jshank83 wrote: ↑Jun 27, 2023Twellman was on 101 espn today saying he would be stunned by what he is hearing if STL isn’t at the forefront of cities countries want to make their home base during the World Cup.
Chicago didn't bid becauseLaife Fulk wrote: ↑Jun 30, 2023Chicago didn’t pursue a bid. They didn’t want to play ball with FIFA’s financial demands.da_GOAT wrote: ↑Jun 30, 2023Chicago lost out lol Kansas City beat them and Denver out.STLEnginerd wrote: ↑Mar 21, 2023I thought the host cities were already set... If not, I think getting a WC game would be unlikely BUT it isn't that far fetched. They should be able to bring in sod like they did for the Real Madrid/InterMilan game. My understanding was it was a little tight but honestly is Arrowhead or Soldier field any less tight. NY and Philly also seem pretty narrow. Seattle, Boston, Miami, Tampa Bay and Charlotte seem to have NFL stadiums well suited to Soccer.
It may come down to feet and inches and also money, namely Chicago NY SF LA and Philly will get games because they are Chicago NY SF LA and Philly. Everyone else better have a stadium well suited to soccer.
Sorry for the confusion. From what he has heard he expects STL to be in high demand as a home base for teams. With 48 teams and 16 host cities I’d expect plenty of overflow. I’d guess central location would help us a bit. Shorter flights to get around to games. Plus the way the facility is set up, plus being new can’t hurt also.dweebe wrote: ↑Jul 01, 2023Sorry but I've reread that sentence a number of times and still can't understand.jshank83 wrote: ↑Jun 27, 2023Twellman was on 101 espn today saying he would be stunned by what he is hearing if STL isn’t at the forefront of cities countries want to make their home base during the World Cup.
- Lots of countries want to use St. Louis as a training/travel base?
or- Nobody wants to use St. Louis as a training/travel base?
To be clear this are base camp “options”. They aren’t picking the actual ones until next year.dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑Jul 01, 2023I guess people missed the part where STL is already one of the 48 team base camps that the joint bid included in its bid documents. (Go down to General Facilities section)
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Your gigantic inferiority complex is showing again.da_GOAT wrote: ↑Jun 30, 2023Twellman was raised in STL and is not being realistic. KC has a more central location, bigger fanbase, is currently more world renowned, has a new airport, and a BRT plan in motion. St Louis has LRT that's it. Let's be real if non World Cup cities can be the homebase, which is not happening bvecause it would inflate costs, than it would be Denver or Chicago before it would be a city smaller than Wichita... Besides it will either be LA (which actually has a futbola fanbase), NYC, or Mexico City (which is bigger than even NYC and has the largest futbola fanbaseof any city in Copa do Mundo '26. gtfohjshank83 wrote: ↑Jun 27, 2023Twellman was on 101 espn today saying he would be stunned by what he is hearing if STL isn’t at the forefront of cities countries want to make their home base during the World Cup.
He thinks the US should make it theirs just based on central location, depending on where they play but that was more opinion on the USA part of it.
Russia and Qatar were the last two hosts and Saudi is coming up. So I don’t think FIFA minds much as long as they get their payout.addxb2 wrote: ↑Jun 09, 2025There are growing odds that the World Cup and its economic impact become seriously weakened by US global image. First the event is unaffordable. Second, growing global tension. Third might be immigration riots.
Tokyo Olympics in 2020? Probably not. But international travel would be significantly under the estimates if hosted today.
Would that be determined well before the groups are chosen? What if their group stage games were say in NY or LA? Why would they want to be based that far from where they are playing in their group stages. In any event, that's a huge deal for STL, as many England fans may take the direct flight into STL. Then again, if the group stage is played somewhere else, the fans would likely fly into that destination, not where the team is based.ldai_phs wrote: ↑Oct 16, 2025Growing rumors that England plans to select Kansas City for its home base. Could be great for the BA flight’s first year.
Yes, the teams are on their own to pick home bases. It’s a combination of wanting to book the best facilities before others do, training environment, and location (being in the center of the country has some benefits).DogtownBnR wrote:Would that be determined well before the groups are chosen? What if their group stage games were say in NY or LA? Why would they want to be based that far from where they are playing in their group stages. In any event, that's a huge deal for STL, as many England fans may take the direct flight into STL. Then again, if the group stage is played somewhere else, the fans would likely fly into that destination, not where the team is based.ldai_phs wrote: ↑Oct 16, 2025Growing rumors that England plans to select Kansas City for its home base. Could be great for the BA flight’s first year.
That makes sense, since pre-WC training would be over once Group Stages start so the teams would abandon their training locations & head to whatever location the 1st four Group Stage games will be played at. So it would be safe to assume most teams will head to their training base fairly early/well before group stages begin. That could lead to fans going to the base city first, then heading out to the location of group stage games as well.ldai_phs wrote: ↑Oct 16, 2025Yes, the teams are on their own to pick home bases. It’s a combination of wanting to book the best facilities before others do, training environment, and location (being in the center of the country has some benefits).DogtownBnR wrote:Would that be determined well before the groups are chosen? What if their group stage games were say in NY or LA? Why would they want to be based that far from where they are playing in their group stages. In any event, that's a huge deal for STL, as many England fans may take the direct flight into STL. Then again, if the group stage is played somewhere else, the fans would likely fly into that destination, not where the team is based.ldai_phs wrote: ↑Oct 16, 2025Growing rumors that England plans to select Kansas City for its home base. Could be great for the BA flight’s first year.
Seeding for actual games is later, believe December of this year.
