Complete Bid Book – United Bid

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Candidate Host Cities
Kansas City
Kansas City lies near the geographic center of the country,
a one-day drive for over 50 million Americans.
Kansas city is home to the newly opened
USD 75 million National Football Training and
Coaching Development Center. Sporting
Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy Park has
achieved international acclaim with over 150
awards. It has hosted multiple FIFA World
Cup Qualifying matches, CONCACAF Gold
Cups (2011, 2015), men’s and women’s
CONCACAF Olympic qualifiers, the 2013
MLS All-Star game, and the 2013 MLS Cup
Final. Arrowhead Stadium, which holds the
record for World’s Loudest Stadium, hosted a
FIFA World Cup 2011 Qualifying match and
numerous international exhibitions.
All this development will further grow the
game with the city already ranking among the
top five in the nation in youth football
participation per capita, with more than
75,000 participants under the age of 15
and another 120,000 participants of all ages.
Kansas City has professional teams in three
major sports: Sporting Kansas City (MLS),
Kansas City Chiefs (NFL), and the Kansas
City Royals (MLB), and regularly hosts major
professional and collegiate events, including
the 2012 MLB All-Star game, the 2014 and
2015 MLB World Series, multiple NCAA Men’s
and Women’s Division I basketball tournaments.
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