We obviously don't like it for selfish reasons, but this makes a ton of sense for geographic reasons.Rudyjax said:
Not sure LA Seattle LA gives us the home soil advantage.
europeans landing in newark, new jersey for the world cup final pic.twitter.com/WbPbVFKPXc
— chris✌🏼 (@sonohedman) February 4, 2024
That's hilarious.jeffk said:
Lol. They're renaming AT&T temporarily.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/02/05/att-stadium-will-change-its-name-to-dallas-stadium-for-world-cup-not-everyone-is-happy/
They're disgruntled because it's not Arlington Stadium or DFW, etc.ChipFTAC01 said:
That's what fifa always does. Any naming rights deal for a stadium gets changed for world cup purposes. If England had the World Cup, games wouldn't be played in Emirates Stadium or Etihad stadium but North London Stadium or South Manchester stadium.
So you're saying they should be gruntled.ChipFTAC01 said:
Right, I understand. But that's just the reality of being a suburb. They aren't going to rename Gillette Stadium "Foxboro stadium" Metlife won't be called East Rutherford Stadium and Levi's won't be called Santa Clara.
jeffk said:
Lol. They're renaming AT&T temporarily.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2024/02/05/att-stadium-will-change-its-name-to-dallas-stadium-for-world-cup-not-everyone-is-happy/
ChipFTAC01 said:
Right, I understand. But that's just the reality of being a suburb. They aren't going to rename Gillette Stadium "Foxboro stadium" Metlife won't be called East Rutherford Stadium and Levi's won't be called Santa Clara.
They've never done this.Mathguy64 said:ChipFTAC01 said:
Right, I understand. But that's just the reality of being a suburb. They aren't going to rename Gillette Stadium "Foxboro stadium" Metlife won't be called East Rutherford Stadium and Levi's won't be called Santa Clara.
No. FIFA doesn't recognize any named stadium as no one paid them naming rights. If someone paid them $20MM to call ATT the DeathStar they would.
Not dumb. Arrowhead Stadium is huge and the soccer connection of Lamar Hunt is there. Lamar was the primary benefactor in the 94 World Cup bid. He led the whole damn thing. Clark (Lamar's son and KC Chiefs chairman) led the Kansas City bid. Dan (the youngest son and FC Dallas chairman) led the Dallas/Arlington bid.JJxvi said:
KC getting a quarterfinal seems dumb. (Would rescind this opinion if its a set up for the US to potentially play there)
deadbq03 said:They've never done this.Mathguy64 said:ChipFTAC01 said:
Right, I understand. But that's just the reality of being a suburb. They aren't going to rename Gillette Stadium "Foxboro stadium" Metlife won't be called East Rutherford Stadium and Levi's won't be called Santa Clara.
No. FIFA doesn't recognize any named stadium as no one paid them naming rights. If someone paid them $20MM to call ATT the DeathStar they would.
Which is really saying something, because if they didn't take naming rights on all the temporary stadiums the Indonesian slaves built in Qatar, why on earth would they start now?
(I suppose the cynical take could be that they need to make up for all the lost bribe money for this WC, but either way, this would be an unprecedented first for them if they took money for naming rights).
rgleml said:
Arlington is a lot closer to Fort Worth than Dallas. If they can't call it AT&T or Arlington, they should call it Fort Worth Stadium.
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For several months, the race to host the final appeared to have come down to Dallas and New York City or rather the stadiums near to those cities: AT&T in Arlington, Texas, and MetLife in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
