The USA Bid Committee trimmed out 11 applicant cities after sending out 38 Requests for Proposal to cities across the country, asking officials to provide information on aspects of their bid including as tourism, climate, security, transportation, training sites and promotion.
“The USA Bid Committee is pleased to have received comprehensive responses from city officials and local organizing committees across the United States,” said Sunil Gulati, the chairman of the committee and president of US Soccer. “The overwhelming interest and creativity shown by the candidate cities made our extensive review process that much more difficult in narrowing down the list.”
The list of potential World Cup match host cities, which includes 32 stadiums, is now as follows:
Atlanta Georgia Dome (71,250)
Baltimore M & T Bank Stadium (71,008)
Boston Gillette Stadium (71,693)
Charlotte Bank of America Stadium (73,778)
Chicago Soldier Field (61,000)
Cleveland Cleveland Browns Stadium (72,000)
Dallas Cotton Bowl (89,000)
Dallas Cowboys Stadium (100,000)
Denver INVESCO Field (76,125)
Detroit Ford Field (67,188)
Detroit Michigan Stadium (108,000)
Houston Reliant Stadium (71,500)
Indianapolis Lucas Oil Stadium (64,200)
Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville Municipal Stadium (82,000)
Kansas City Arrowhead Stadium (77,000)
Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (93,607)
Los Angeles Rose Bowl (92,000+)
Miami Land Shark Stadium (75,540)
Nashville LP Field (69,143)
New York/N.J. New Meadowlands Stadium (82,000)
Oakland Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (63,026)
Orlando Florida Citrus Bowl (65,616)
Philadelphia Lincoln Financial Field (67,594)
Phoenix/Glendale University of Phoenix Stadium (71,000)
San Diego Qualcomm Stadium (70,500)
San Francisco Stanford Stadium (50,500)
Seattle Qwest Field (67,000)
Seattle Husky Stadium (72,500)
St. Louis Edward Jones Dome (67,268)
Tampa Raymond James Stadium (65,856)
Washington, D.C. RFK Stadium (45,600)
Washington, D.C. FedExField (91,704)
