Complete Bid Book – United Bid

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Integrated Hosting Vision and Strategy
– and that mitigate risk through certainty.
Hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup
provides Canada, Mexico, and the United
States with an opportunity to demonstrate the
leadership role our countries can play in
advancing goals that are both deeply held and
universally shared. The 2026 FIFA World
Cup in North America will shine a spotlight
not just on our growing football skills and
ambitions, but on our core beliefs in equality
and opportunity.
Our three countries enjoy the full support
of our national and local government leaders
– each has crafted a forward-looking vision
aligning their commitments with the United
Bid and FIFA’s ambitions. We have a long and
successful history of partnership. Innovation is
shared among our citizens. Culture and
language transcend our borders. We support
and enable each other, promoting growth and
prosperity in ways that advance each country,
and our continent as a whole.
Together, the three countries that comprise
this United Bid offer the prospect of staging
the first 48-team FIFA World Cup to the
highest achievable standards, serving as a
benchmark for future organizers. This is
possible because our countries and their
economies are safe and stable, and the vast
majority of the needed infrastructure is
already in place. On issues large and small,
we are united. We are united in our
commitment to advancing unity, by respecting
people regardless of race, gender, sexual
orientation, language, religion, or opinion.
Canada, Mexico, and the United States will
each contribute to an extraordinary FIFA World
Cup experience in a spectacular setting
that benefits from the friendliness, cultural
richness and sense of community that defines
North America. Our United Bid will benefit
football in North America, and throughout
the CONCACAF region, at all levels, through
greater participation and economic impact.
A growing and prosperous North American
football community benefits FIFA, and the
entire global football community economically.
Through the realization of our shared
vision, Canada, Mexico, and the United States
will help promote football and leave a positive
legacy. We share in our commitment to
delivering on this goal – UNITED, AS ONE.
1.3 Our United Approach (Strategy)
We envision a 2026 FIFA World Cup
staged across 16 existing world-class
stadiums spread throughout Canada, Mexico
and the United States. We have agreed to
share the responsibility of hosting by staging
10 matches in Canada, 10 matches in Mexico,
and 60 matches in the United States. From
the opening whistle – when three matches
could be played on the same day, one each
in Canada, Mexico, and the United States –
we expect a truly united Competition. We
anticipate 5.8 million tickets sold and full
stadiums for every match.
Our match schedule concept not only
meets the requirements of the new, expanded
format – we took into consideration several
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