Queen City is one of 17 cities competing for 10 US venues, and now Cincinnati is just waiting for the good news. “This opportunity comes once in 100 years,” said Jeff Berding, president of Cincinnati FC. “We’ve never had an opportunity like this and it’s right within our reach.” Cincinnati is now within reach to host the 2026 World Cup. The application was received and on Tuesday the Cincinnati Local Organizing Committee spoke with FIFA and US Soccer about hosting games at Paul Brown Stadium. “We spent a lot of time on lawn building a lawn. We might have talked about grass for half an hour, ”said Berding. Replacing the Bengals turf field with grass and removing the four lower corners of the seating to make a full-size FIFA pitch field are the two main requirements for the Paul Brown Stadium to host matches. And Cincinnati FC President Jeff Berding says this is all part of the plan if Cincinnati is put on the world stage. “It’s literally the biggest sporting event in the world with a global television audience that’s ten times the Super Bowl. More than half of the world’s population watched the last FIFA World Cup. So the economic impact is extraordinary, “he said. The host cities could see an economic boom from $ 90 to 480 million in 2026. And for small businesses like Rhinehaus in OTR, one of the city’s biggest soccer bars, a hometown World Cup would be a true one A dream come true. “The World Cup people that we would get here anyway are unbelievable,” says Rhinehaus owner Aaron Kohlhepp. “There are probably still beer stains on the ceiling of the goal celebration in the backyard would be really something special. I think this city has in It has shown in recent years that we are a football city to be reckoned with. And I think we deserve it. I think it would be fantastic. ” the venues for the 2026 World Cup in the last quarter of this year.
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Queen City is one of 17 cities competing for 10 US hosting sites, and now Cincinnati is just waiting for the good news.
“This opportunity comes once in 100 years,” said Jeff Berding, president of Cincinnati FC. “We have never had such an opportunity and it is right near us.”
Cincinnati is now within reach to host the 2026 World Cup. The application was received and on Tuesday the Cincinnati Local Organizing Committee spoke with FIFA and US Soccer about hosting games at Paul Brown Stadium.
“We spent a lot of time on grass, creating a grass field. We might have talked about grass for half an hour, ”said Berding.
Replacing the Bengals turf field with grass and removing the four lower corners of the seating to accommodate a playing field with FIFA regulation are the two main requirements for the Paul Brown Stadium to host matches.
And Cincinnati FC President Jeff Berding says this is all part of the plan if Cincinnati is on the world stage.
“It’s literally the biggest sporting event in the world with a global television audience that’s ten times the Super Bowl. More than half of the world’s population watched the last FIFA World Cup. So the economic impact is extraordinary, ”he said.
The economic boost for host cities could increase from $ 90 million to $ 480 million in 2026. And for small companies like the Rhinehaus in OTR, which is one of the largest football bars in town, a home World Cup would be a dream.
“The World Cup audience that we have here anyway is unbelievable,” said Rhinehaus owner Aaron Kohlhepp. “There are probably still beer stains from the goal celebration on the ceiling. So it would be special to have it in our own back yard. I think this city has shown in recent years that we are a football city to be reckoned with. And I think we deserve it. I think it would be fantastic. “
FIFA plans to officially announce the 2026 World Cup venues in the final quarter of this year.
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