United bid co-chairs on 60-10-10 game allocation: FIFA could change it, but they’re confident it will stay where it is 19 Mar 2018 The United World Cup bid’s split of games is still open for discussion, even though the people at the top of the effort feel confident that their proposed schedule won’t change.
Full steam ahead for Edmonton’s World Cup 2026 bid, despite lack of provincial support 16 Mar 2018 “The steps that we [the city] have taken along the way allow us to remain active in the bid,” said Coun. Walters.
Feds, Canada Soccer plan major “sports announcement” for Edmonton, then, an hour later, Alberta government says “no funding” for World Cup bid 15 Mar 2018 On Thursday, a press release went out stating that Canadian Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Amarjeet Sohi and Canadian Soccer President Steven Reed will be at Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium to make a major "sports announcement." But, just an hour or so after that release went out, came news that the Alberta government would not financially support Edmonton's quest to become a World Cup 2026 host city.
Bye bye, BC Place: Vancouver’s departure from WC bid offers boost to Edmonton, PR windfall for Morocco 14 Mar 2018 It’s easy for Moroccans to point out just how the United bid isn’t, well, very united.
Canada Soccer: World Cup and Olympic bids for 2026 would be “complementary” 25 Feb 2018 In fact, bidding on both events for the same year is a plus, said Canada Soccer General Secretary Peter Montopoli.
It’s time for the United World Cup bidders to address the Olympic elephant in the room 12 Feb 2018 So, as Calgary looks to edge closer to a “yes” and four other Canadian cities work towards a World Cup, is someone finally going to take charge ask if these processes are on a collision course?
As potential host cities debate World Cup 2026, we learn more about the bid as a whole 30 Jan 2018 There's an assumption from the bid committee that Canada's World Cup hosting duties will be spread out. So, if only two cities are selected in the end, it CANNOT be Montreal-Toronto or Vancouver-Edmonton
Edmonton to go forward as World Cup host-city candidate; but there is concern over conflict with Calgary’s potential Olympic bid 23 Jan 2018 The assessors suggested that it was “likely” that the joint bid to host the World Cup would clash with Calgary’s continuing pursuit of the 2026 Winter Olympics. The success of the Calgary Olympic bid was the only potential risk on the report deemed as a potential “worst-case” outcome.
FCE’s move to cease operations is a bad sign for CanPL, Edmonton World Cup boosters 25 Nov 2017 The Edmonton Economic Development Corporation can do all the promotions it wants, but it’s hard to tell anyone that you can be a soccer city, worth hosting national-team competition, when you can’t sell 4,000 not-expensive tickets to see a pro soccer team. It will be much harder to sell Edmonton to the World Cup Bid Committee and FIFA with a straight face, now.
And then there were six: Calgary’s out as a potential World Cup 2026 host city 7 Sep 2017 The bid committee overseeing the joint U.S./Canada/Mexico push for the 2026 World Cup released an updated list of potential host cities for the tournament on Thursday.
