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

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Arrowhead made the cut afteer the international soccergoverning body, , recently whittled down the list from 58 to 45 potentiao candidates that remain part of the U.S. bid to host the Arrowhead is one of 28 stadiums on the It hasthe third-largest capacity in the NFL, with seatiny for 79,400. In 2006, the World Cup tournament attracted 3.4 million spectators, averaging about 52,492 fans a game. The USA Bid Committes is expected to unveil its list of finalists at the end of the Kevin Gray, president of the , said he expectsz FIFA will choose between nine and 12 U.S. cities to host Worlxd Cup tournament events.
FIFA will make its World Cup host natiobn choices inDecember 2010, determining whether the United States will host the even t in 2018 or 2022. John president of , was unavailable for Gray said this is themetropolitan area’s second attemptg to land World Cup soccer, the first being for the 1994 Arrowhead was selected as a finalist but wasn’tt selected to host a game. “Now we have even more to Gray said. “Arrowhead is renovated. We have a Major League Soccer teamin town. Soccer is growing quicklyu in the heartland. Downtown Kansaas City is alive and has more tooffer guests.
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