Seattle, WA
2026 World Cup expansion means more games for Seattle
FIFA confirmed on Tuesday that the already expanded 2026 World Cup area will now have much more video games than beforehand deliberate because the match will hold four-team teams, somewhat than use three groups. That raises the full variety of video games from the 64 that have been performed on this 12 months’s match all the way in which to 104. It additionally signifies that Seattle might get anyplace from six to eight video games, up from what officers beforehand hoped could be a minimum of 4 to 6.
Seattle organizers have lengthy stated that they view every sport as a probably “Tremendous Bowl-sized” alternative to carry consideration to the area and have stated they might somewhat host extra video games than later video games. FIFA estimates that about 200 million folks watch each World Cup match, roughly equal to the worldwide viewers for the Tremendous Bowl.
To make room for all these additional video games, the match can even be prolonged for a couple of week and can now final 39 days.