PunjabiOil Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe MacCarthy Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Province to support City of Edmonton bid to host 2026 FIFA World Cup games Terry Jones Edmonton Sun March 29, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 I've heard about increased flexibility from FIFA but isn't one of the requirements for a venue 80%+ covered seating? Is that still a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (1) Alberta government confirms funding to Edmonton for 2026 World Cup bid | Globalnews.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 31 minutes ago, Cheeta said: I've heard about increased flexibility from FIFA but isn't one of the requirements for a venue 80%+ covered seating? Is that still a thing? My understanding is that the covered seating was more of a nice to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theaub Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) If its five games in Edmonton then I guess Vancouver is out? Or we're getting some extra games (0% chance of that). Edited March 29, 2022 by theaub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Just now, theaub said: If its five games in Edmonton then I guess Vancouver is out? I am not going to dare guess what this means Who is out and who is in is starting to sound like a soap opera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardsa Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Northern Futbol podcast from Mar 28 previewed an interview with Nick Bontis (CSA President). The interview will be on the next episode, but the preview indicated that 2026 host selections will likely be finalized and public by the end of April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Some conditions attached to that money. Those conditions will never be met: Free kick, Yoho and nfitz 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGAA_Star Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 I wonder then what's the verdict for Toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Some conditions attached to that money. Those conditions will never be met: If that is accurate, then i think you are right. If its 5 matches, than there can only be two cities. And if there is two matches in the round of 32, then i cant see how this will be possible given the requirement that the pitches must remain unused for a certain number of days between matches. edit.: i just saw that it said R32 or R16 matches. So yes its possible. But very unlikely that the orgainizers will do that. Edited March 29, 2022 by Free kick narduch and Yoho 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 20 minutes ago, Free kick said: If that is accurate, then i think you are right. If its 5 matches, than there can only be two cities. And if there is two matches in the round of 32, then i cant see how this will be possible given the requirement that the pitches must remain unused for a certain number of days between matches. edit.: i just saw that it said R32 or R16 matches. So yes its possible. But very unlikely that the orgainizers will do that. Yeah, that was my point. From a technical point of view it might be possible. But the demand for 5 games with 2 guaranteed knockout games isn't going to fly. Free kick and Yoho 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Watchmen said: Yeah, that was my point. From a technical point of view it might be possible. But the demand for 5 games with 2 guaranteed knockout games isn't going to fly. This might have been a way for the Governemnt to not appear to reject Edmonton while at the same time denying support without actaully doing so. They save face by placing the burden on FIFA to reject the bid instead of the government. Edited March 29, 2022 by Free kick Yoho, Watchmen, longlugan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 https://globalnews.ca/news/8718865/world-cup-fifa-2026-edmonton-alberta-soccer/ The above article confirms what Sandor said. quote:” Confirmation of federal and municipal funding for the bid Acknowledgement and acceptance of the province’s letters of assurance as presented to the City of Edmonton and in response to the FIFA Government Guarantees” Confirmation that the City of Edmonton is assured to host at least five games by FIFA, if accepted as a host city, and that at least two of these five games are at the round of 32 or round of 16 knockout stages Confirmation that unforeseen security costs will be the responsibility of the city and the federal government Allocation of one-third of the seating allocated to the City of Edmonton” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Free kick said: https://globalnews.ca/news/8718865/world-cup-fifa-2026-edmonton-alberta-soccer/ The above article confirms what Sandor said. quote:” Confirmation of federal and municipal funding for the bid Acknowledgement and acceptance of the province’s letters of assurance as presented to the City of Edmonton and in response to the FIFA Government Guarantees” Confirmation that the City of Edmonton is assured to host at least five games by FIFA, if accepted as a host city, and that at least two of these five games are at the round of 32 or round of 16 knockout stages Confirmation that unforeseen security costs will be the responsibility of the city and the federal government Allocation of one-third of the seating allocated to the City of Edmonton” I don't think they'd get that "one-third of the seating allocated to the City of Edmonton" either, though I'm not entirely sure how that part works. Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunjabiOil Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Very possible these discussions/assurances were made with FIFA as the team was working alongside these Yoho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kacbru Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Bad news for Edmonton/Alberta - not all petro-states are treated equally in the eyes of FIFA. longlugan, chalms04, Yoho and 2 others 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 LOL. Making it easier and easier to pivot to Vancouver aren't they? Bit then, I guess that's the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunjabiOil Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) https://twitter.com/matthewiwanyk/status/1508915956730540034?s=20&t=Eq4BG5F_HQfoyOZWPHKf9Q Edited March 29, 2022 by PunjabiOil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 What's the capacity minimum for a wc stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) Re: Edmonton If they are guaranteed 5 games and Vancouver comes back in the fold, that's 6 stadiums between Canada & Mexico to the 10 US stadiums. Montagliani said many times that FIFA had last say on the World Cup. This could have FIFA possibly override the greedy 60-10-10 formula imposed by the USSF. 5 games makes more senses for governments to justify the spending than 2 or 3 games. When there was a bunch of cities, Quebec and BC were out - terms made little sense and small amount of games wouldn't justify the investment. Here we're seeing that for Alberta, 5 makes sense. I'm all for it if this means sharing games 50-15-15. Despite what the bid book says, FIFA has last say on everything and it voted for a North American bid. 60-10-10 isn't that Edited March 29, 2022 by Ansem Yoho, lamptern, narduch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 Also, let's hope that means extra funds for an FC Edmonton (should be rebranded) new stadium. Yoho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Watchmen said: I don't think they'd get that "one-third of the seating allocated to the City of Edmonton" either, though I'm not entirely sure how that part works. Yes, The more in think about it, that one condition there might be an even greater constraint or bigger "No go" as far as FIFA is concerned than the request for the number of games in various rounds. Edited March 30, 2022 by Free kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 As long as the tickets are sold full price and FIFA gets their cut, does it really matter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Ansem said: As long as the tickets are sold full price and FIFA gets their cut, does it really matter? The tickets run at around 300 bucks per game. Thats judging from the prices we are getting quoted from Qatar. Edited March 30, 2022 by Free kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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