San Diego hopes to be a part of the 2031/2033 Rugby World Cup

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Rugby is likely one of the fastest-growing sports activities in the USA, and has a fan base of 850 million folks worldwide. The game’s largest occasion is the Rugby World Cup which has the potential for coming to San Diego in 2031.

“They’ve recognized San Diego as a rising rugby inhabitants,” says Mark Neville, the CEO of Sports activities San Diego.

Rising so quick, the San Diego Legion joined Main League Rugby in 2017 and is now in its fifth season. Legion Govt Common Supervisor David Haigh says the game has grown significantly in San Diego in any respect ranges.

“There are a selection of groups, youth groups, and highschool groups. They don’t seem to be solely huge in quantity, however have achieved actually excessive on the sector.”

The success of rugby in San Diego has now caught the attention of the decision-makers for the game’s largest occasion, and that will be the Rugby World Cup.

“The Rugby World Cup, imagine it or not, is the third-largest sporting occasion on this planet behind solely the Olympics and FIFA World Cup soccer,” says Neville.

Identical to soccer, Rugby World Cup takes place each 4 years with the highest twenty groups on this planet competing. This week an announcement will probably be made concerning the 2031 Rugby World Cup, and the hope is the USA will probably be chosen because the host nation, with the prospect San Diego will probably be a component if the occasion.

“Snapdragon Stadium, the brand new stadium in Mission Valley, is completely set as much as host among the early rounds of the World Cup,” says Haigh. “As part of the bidding course of, the homeowners of the San Diego Legion had been fairly influential in driving the bid for 2031 and 2033 World Cup.”

Neville, who can be the Govt Director of the SDCCU Vacation Bowl, feels the Rugby World Cup can be an ideal slot in San Diego.

“San Diego is nice about placing on huge occasions.”

Though the Rugby World Cup continues to be 9 years away, having lots of the finest gamers on this planet competing in San Diego just isn’t solely nice for the followers, but in addition for the town.

“What we’re doing at Sports activities San Diego is looking for these occasions which can be going to learn us economically, create extra jobs, extra visibility for the area, and driving extra financial impression.”