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why is chicago not one of the candidate cities for the 2026 world cup

not jjc but seems weird
cruel-hearted gas station
  06/20/18
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Laughsome Orchid Principal's Office
  06/20/18
Chicago is OUT?
indigo toilet seat
  06/20/18
https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/_vbvUDyRidiBG0hn-IKRd...
cruel-hearted gas station
  06/20/18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuE60mq0r1Q
indigo toilet seat
  06/20/18
lol
cruel-hearted gas station
  06/20/18
What the fuck is a Kansas City? Is that even in kansas
Ivory Stage Useless Brakes
  06/20/18
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flesh electric furnace mood
  06/20/18
I guess we'll never know
olive seedy fanboi hospital
  06/20/18
It does seem odd that the 3rd largest US city is not include...
Laughsome Orchid Principal's Office
  06/20/18
FIFA couldn't handle the only entity more corrupt than them ...
Pink Fragrant Idiot Psychic
  06/20/18
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cyan box office legend
  06/20/18
Rahm is corrupt? Do you see the people running against him? ...
Aqua Kink-friendly Goyim Wrinkle
  06/20/18
is hosting a couple of world cup games really that much more...
cruel-hearted gas station
  06/20/18
also surprised that LA is pitching the rose bowl instead of ...
cruel-hearted gas station
  06/20/18
new stadium is turf and turf sucks ass for soccer
Pink Fragrant Idiot Psychic
  06/20/18
so is the meadowlands. they're talking about putting the fin...
cruel-hearted gas station
  06/20/18
(Women's World Cup player)
mint potus range
  06/20/18
Seems like they may still use it but left it out of the bid ...
Laughsome Orchid Principal's Office
  06/20/18
because they got blown the fuck out and embarrassed about th...
cyan box office legend
  06/20/18
I see Cleveland also did not make the cut despite a strong s...
cyan box office legend
  06/20/18
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chrome multi-billionaire tanning salon
  06/20/18
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mint potus range
  06/20/18
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carmine theater roommate
  06/20/18
They didn't want to give what FIFA was offering and voluntar...
Garnet theater stage patrolman
  06/20/18
would be 180 to see some games at Soldier Field
Charismatic Flickering Senate Immigrant
  06/20/18
They'll almost surely put games in Minnesota to add a relati...
Garnet theater stage patrolman
  06/20/18
lol bro it's not like people are driving from site to site ...
cruel-hearted gas station
  06/20/18
They're putting games in fucking Edmonton. They need a secon...
Garnet theater stage patrolman
  06/20/18
Edmonton is one of the finalists; there is no guarantee it w...
Pink Fragrant Idiot Psychic
  06/20/18
*Königsberg
mint potus range
  06/20/18
no they don't edmonton is a long-shot anyways. most likel...
cruel-hearted gas station
  06/20/18
Literally all of your city speculation is incorrect. It's po...
Garnet theater stage patrolman
  06/20/18
ok i thought 10 cities total were to be selected not just 10...
cruel-hearted gas station
  06/20/18
http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2018/03/16/13565/chicago-minne...
Wonderful crusty church feces
  06/20/18


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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:12 AM
Author: cruel-hearted gas station

not jjc but seems weird

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277199)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:12 AM
Author: Laughsome Orchid Principal's Office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277201)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:13 AM
Author: indigo toilet seat

Chicago is OUT?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277204)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:14 AM
Author: cruel-hearted gas station

https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/_vbvUDyRidiBG0hn-IKRd357nF8=/1484x0/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3SGNGQVL7AYUXESTSRE2CSDPJ4.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277213)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:17 AM
Author: indigo toilet seat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuE60mq0r1Q

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277234)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:20 AM
Author: cruel-hearted gas station

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277251)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:57 AM
Author: Ivory Stage Useless Brakes

What the fuck is a Kansas City? Is that even in kansas

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277586)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: flesh electric furnace mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277224)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: olive seedy fanboi hospital

I guess we'll never know

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277229)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:17 AM
Author: Laughsome Orchid Principal's Office

It does seem odd that the 3rd largest US city is not included.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277230)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:17 AM
Author: Pink Fragrant Idiot Psychic

FIFA couldn't handle the only entity more corrupt than them - Rahm Emmanuel and his pals

https://chicago.curbed.com/2018/6/13/17460610/chicago-world-cup-north-america-bid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277233)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:28 AM
Author: cyan box office legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277305)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:35 AM
Author: Aqua Kink-friendly Goyim Wrinkle

Rahm is corrupt? Do you see the people running against him? Rahm is the best thing to happen to Chicago in years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277359)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:51 AM
Author: cruel-hearted gas station

is hosting a couple of world cup games really that much more of a (financial) risk than hosting a super bowl or something?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277510)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:25 AM
Author: cruel-hearted gas station

also surprised that LA is pitching the rose bowl instead of the new nfl stadium

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277279)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:29 AM
Author: Pink Fragrant Idiot Psychic

new stadium is turf and turf sucks ass for soccer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277310)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:33 AM
Author: cruel-hearted gas station

so is the meadowlands. they're talking about putting the final there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277343)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:01 PM
Author: mint potus range

(Women's World Cup player)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36278365)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:32 AM
Author: Laughsome Orchid Principal's Office

Seems like they may still use it but left it out of the bid for technical reasons:

The LA stadium was not selected as a bidding venue stadium for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Canada–Mexico–United States 2026 FIFA World Cup bid organizing committee left the stadium out of the bid book as unbuilt stadiums in the bidding process are deduction's in the bid evaluations. [46] The United Bid committee stated they would re-evaluate the stadium selection process and re-visit LA Stadium as there main option stadium in the Los Angeles Metro area in June 2020.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277326)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:29 AM
Author: cyan box office legend

because they got blown the fuck out and embarrassed about the 2016 olympics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277306)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:31 AM
Author: cyan box office legend

I see Cleveland also did not make the cut despite a strong showing at the 2014 gay games

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277324)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:36 AM
Author: chrome multi-billionaire tanning salon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277372)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:01 PM
Author: mint potus range



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36278367)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:26 PM
Author: carmine theater roommate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36278550)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:34 AM
Author: Garnet theater stage patrolman

They didn't want to give what FIFA was offering and voluntarily removed themselves from consideration. Vancouver did the same

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277349)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 10:45 AM
Author: Charismatic Flickering Senate Immigrant

would be 180 to see some games at Soldier Field

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36277433)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 12:59 PM
Author: Garnet theater stage patrolman

They'll almost surely put games in Minnesota to add a relatively close US border travel option for people attending games in Canada. Most likely both Minny and KC will get games. A weekend in KC is a blast.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36278353)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:03 PM
Author: cruel-hearted gas station

lol bro it's not like people are driving from site to site

boston/ny (and chicago for that matter) are much closer to any of the likely canadian sites than is minneapolis anyways

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36278389)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:22 PM
Author: Garnet theater stage patrolman

They're putting games in fucking Edmonton. They need a second city besides Seattle that's within a 3 hour flight.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36278507)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:28 PM
Author: Pink Fragrant Idiot Psychic

Edmonton is one of the finalists; there is no guarantee it will actually be picked for the reasons you stated.

that said, Kaliningrad is 1250 miles from Moscow and Yekaterinburg is 1800. Brazil venues were worse. There's enough padding to make travel work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36278578)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:28 PM
Author: mint potus range

*Königsberg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36278587)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 1:28 PM
Author: cruel-hearted gas station

no they don't

edmonton is a long-shot anyways. most likely outcome is probably 2 mex, 2 cad, 6 US cities. top 2 canadian options are toronto and mtl. if there's a fifth non-US city it will be in mexico.

minneapolis also isn't materially closer to edmonton than is SF

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36278580)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 2:53 PM
Author: Garnet theater stage patrolman

Literally all of your city speculation is incorrect. It's possible they'll pick less but the working plan is for 16 cities total. Mexico is a lead pipe lock to get all three of their cities, and Canada is probably at 90%. They have a history of getting 50,000+ for friendliest and booked huge numbers for the women's WC as well. EDM is not a long shot by any stretch of the imagination.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36279352)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 2:56 PM
Author: cruel-hearted gas station

ok i thought 10 cities total were to be selected not just 10 US

anyways again SF is just as close to edmonton as is minneapolis

and this is all moot because minneapolis isn't even a candidate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36279368)



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Date: June 20th, 2018 2:56 PM
Author: Wonderful crusty church feces

http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2018/03/16/13565/chicago-minneapolis-vancouver-drop-out-of-world-cup-bid-rather-than-grant-fifa-a-decade-long-tax-exemption/

The leading candidate to host the 2026 World Cup has been a joint U.S./Canada/Mexico bid that would see the tournament take place across a long list of cities. And I put that in the present perfect progressive tense because what seemed a shoo-in looks a bit shakier now that Chicago, Minneapolis, and Vancouver have all removed themselves from the bid, on the grounds that FIFA’s demands for tax breaks and other concessions were just too much:

theBreaker has obtained a copy of FIFA’s requirements for governments bidding for 2026. The Swiss-based organization, still reeling from the FBI’s 2015 crackdown on FIFA’s massive bribery and kickbacks, requires host governments agree to grant it huge tax breaks for an entire decade and allow it to import and export unlimited amounts of foreign currency. FIFA also requires host taxpayers pick up the full bill for safety and security and assume liability should there be any security incident of any size…

For its workforce, FIFA wants a visa-free environment where work permits are issued “unconditionally and without any restriction or discrimination of any kind.”

“It is also requested to grant exemptions from labour law and other legislation for companies and personnel directly involved with the competition, provided that these exemptions do not undermine or compromise the government’s commitment to respecting, protecting and fulfilling human rights.”

That is a lot! And it was apparently a take-it-or-leave-it deal: British Columbia tourism minister Lisa Beare explained that her government withdrew from the bid because “there was no interest by FIFA to negotiate or address our concerns, and that the costs still remain unknown”; Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said that “FIFA could not provide a basic level of certainty on some major unknowns that put our city and taxpayers at risk”; and the Minneapolis bid committee issued a statement that “the inability to negotiate the terms of the various bid agreements did not provide our partners and our community with sufficient protections from future liability and unforeseen changes in commitments.”

The North American bid is still moving ahead with 23 locations — Edmonton, Montreal, and Toronto in Canada; Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey in Mexico; and Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York/New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle. and Washington in the U.S. — all of which apparently agreed to FIFA’s terms. But it’s still an unexpected hiccup in FIFA’s plans, and shows that at least some governments are willing to turn down a major sporting event if it requires handing over tens of millions of dollars in tax revenues and untold security costs along the way.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4006288&forum_id=2#36279369)