San Antonio cut from US World Cup 2018/2022 bid

Daniel Rodriguez on 20 August 2009 in General, San Antonio

Source: http://www.gousabid.com/

NEW YORK (August 20, 2009) – The USA Bid Committee today announced the 27 United States cities that passed the third stage of the city and stadium proposal review process and remain under consideration as potential host venues for the FIFA World Cup™ in 2018 or 2022. These cities will continue working with the USA Bid Committee both on the development and promotion of their local and national campaigns.

The 27 remaining candidate cities offer a wide variety of markets that range in size from New York City to Jacksonville, Fla., as well as vast coast-to-coast geographic strength. Numerous U.S. markets that did not play host to matches during FIFA World Cup in 1994 remain under consideration, including Philadelphia, Cleveland, St. Louis, Denver, Seattle and Phoenix.

The 11 cities removed during this round were: Birmingham, Ala.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Fayetteville, Ark.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Minneapolis, Minn.; New Orleans, La.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Salt Lake City, Utah and San Antonio, Tex.

List of 27 cities still in contention

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20 August 2009 General, San Antonio

2 Comments to San Antonio cut from US World Cup 2018/2022 bid

  1. Wow, those are bad news, oh, well at least we can drive to Houston or Dallas.

  2. David Salas on 21 August 2009
  3. No way the Alamodome could compete with Reliant and Cowboys Stadium.

  4. Mike on 21 August 2009

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