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Originally Posted by SaskScraper
I don't really see the appetite for Canada to spend $billions on new/renovated stadiums to host a few round robin games if North America including Canada were rewarded World Cup Soccer. The times of government sinking billions of tax payers money into one time sporting events is a thing of the past.
Olympic stadium in Montreal is falling apart as it is and will be in even worse condition in a decade, its never even mentioned by Soccer Canada anymore when talks of World Cup in Canada.
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/06...ld-cup-in-2026
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montre...says-1.3016520
I could see BC Place in Vancouver a shoe-in for hosting World Cup in North America, and it would be typical for Toronto to be bequeathed spot for a hosting site as well but does it really make sense to have any games at BMO when there is a fully complete & World soccer tested-ready stadium over twice the size in Edmonton right now? Usually countries that host World Cup use their main/biggest/best stadiums when hosting these events and not be preferential according to cities within countries |
It's not about preferential treatment for cities. BMO Field even if currently smaller is considerably better for soccer than Edmonton's stadium, heck it's hands down the best soccer stadium in North America (Canada/USA). Also, BMO by then would need to be expanded anyway so the timing is great. BC Place and the Big O are both going to be used extensively for soccer games in the future so it makes perfect sense to also use them.