FIFA picks New York Over Arlington as Site of 2026 World Cup Final
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The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) snubbed Arlington’s AT&T Stadium in favor of MetLife Stadium as host for the 2026 World Cup final.
The surprise announcement was made by Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s president, who made the announcement during a live television broadcast on FOX on Sunday.
It had been rumored for months that AT&T Stadium would be chosen to host the final. Following the Sunday announcement, Arlington Mayor Jim Ross stated that despite the rumors he was never assured Dallas would receive the World Cup final.
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Mayor Ross denied that Arlington’s lack of public transportation played a role in the decision.
“We have public transportation, let me tell you if you’ve ever been to a Cowboys game, if you’ve been to a Rangers game, if you’ve been to the World Series parade where we had 750,000 people come into the city, they moved in and out just fine. We have a ride-share program that gets people around just fine, but just because we don’t assign ourselves to a particular transit authority at this particular moment,” said Ross, “This is the type of thing that Arlington was born and raised to do. We do this all the time...our traffic management people are second to none and if you’ve ever experienced coming in and out of here, we get people in and out as good, if not better than any other city in the country.”
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