FIFA, US Soccer To Visit M&T Bank Stadium On Sept. 19-20 As Baltimore Vies For World Cup Bid

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Representatives from FIFA and U.S. Soccer volition beryllium successful municipality Sept. 19-20 to circuit M&T Bank Stadium and observe the Baltimore’s different sports amenities and infrastructure arsenic a section radical pushes for the metropolis to big matches during the 2026 World Cup.

According to the Maryland Sports Commission, the pb enactment down the bid, members of soccer’s planetary governing assemblage and U.S. Soccer’s 2026 FIFA World Cup Host City enactment delegation volition besides larn astir the group’s “super-compact hosting concept” and the acquisition the metropolis could supply for fans and teams.

“With an perfect downtown determination and fantabulous home and planetary question connectivity, M&T Bank Stadium volition let fans to question to the bosom of the shot festival rapidly and conveniently,” bid organizers noted successful a property release. “Situated conscionable 10 miles from the BWI Marshall International Airport and with much than 10,000 edifice rooms wrong walking distance, the stadium and metropolis plans are besides consistently praised for offering a large instrumentality acquisition and generating a existent sports-mad metropolis buzz.”

Terrance Hasseltine, president of Baltimore-Maryland 2026 and enforcement manager of Maryland Sports Commission, added the portion has the “best high-performance stadia and grooming facilities successful the world” and that instrumentality experiences specified arsenic Ravens Walk “will permission FIFA World Cup fans with memories that past a lifetime.”

FIFA is considering 17 cities successful the U.S. to big the matches successful 2026. Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and section sports apparel institution Under Armour person each thrown enactment down the bid to bring World Cup games to Baltimore.

“We are thrilled to invited the FIFA delegation to Baltimore,” Scott said successful a statement. “Charm City has a affluent and divers shot culture, with fans and athletes from crossed the globe anxious to cheer their teams on, I look guardant to showcasing what Baltimore and the authorities of Maryland person to connection — from M&T Bank Stadium to our world-class hotels and restaurants.”

All 2026 World Cup matches volition beryllium played successful the United States, Canada and Mexico.

During an archetypal nine-day tour, representatives from FIFA volition besides sojourn Boston, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, Washington D.C., New York, Philadelphia and Miami, the governing assemblage announced.

All different bidding venues successful the U.S. and those successful Mexico and Canada volition beryllium visited by the extremity of November.

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FIFA said it expects to finalize the enactment process by the archetypal oregon 2nd 4th of 2022.