NEW YORK — America Soccer Federation proposed 14 American websites amongst 20 attainable venues to host video games for the 2031 Girls’s World Cup, together with seven U.S. stadiums for use for subsequent 12 months’s males’s match.

FIFA launched the bid books Friday for the 2031 and 2035 girls’s tournaments. There is just one bidder for every, a U.S.-Mexico-Costa Rica-Jamaica proposal for 2031 and a United Kingdom plan for 2035. FIFA is to formally affirm the bids at its congress on April 30.

Twenty-six extra U.S. stadiums have been talked about as appropriate venues for a 48-nation match the bidders undertaking would draw 4.5 million followers and generate about $4 billion in income, up from $570 million for 2023 in Australia and New Zealand and a projection of $1 billion for the 2027 match in Brazil.

Proposed ticket costs of $35 for the most cost effective seats within the opening spherical to $120 to $600 for the ultimate have been listed in a ticket grid. FIFA has refused to launch a grid for subsequent 12 months’s males’s match, saying solely costs initially ranged from $60-$6,730 however might fluctuate with dynamic pricing. The bid guide stated premium seating would common 10%-20% of capability on the majority of 2031 stadiums.

Fifty websites in all have been talked about within the joint 2031 bid. Closing selections seemingly won’t be made for a number of years.

The bid guide additionally stated “different appropriate cities are included” past the required 14 “as a part of the broader bid framework with the understanding that they are going to proceed to be equally thought-about for the needs of stadium choice.”

“By proposing greater than the required 20 websites, the joint bidders reveal a dedication to securing the very best internet hosting situations and guaranteeing the match represents the complete variety of our area on a worldwide scale,” the bid guide acknowledged.

The 2026 U.S. websites included within the 2031 proposal are Arlington, Texas (AT&T), Atlanta (Mercedes-Benz), East Rutherford, New Jersey (MetLife), Houston (NRG), Inglewood, California (Sofi), Kansas Metropolis, Missouri (Arrowhead) and Seattle (Lumen Subject).

The seven others are Charlotte, North Carolina (Financial institution of America), Denver (Empower Subject), Minneapolis (U.S. Financial institution), Nashville, Tennessee (Geodis Park), Orlando, Florida (Tenting World), San Diego (Snapdragon) and Washington, D.C. (proposed NFL venue on the RFK Stadium web site).

Orlando and Washington have been websites of the 1994 males’s World Cup.

Mexico’s three websites for subsequent 12 months’s World Cup are also proposed for the ladies’s match, Mexico Metropolis (Azteca), Guadalajara (Akron) and Monterrey (BBVA), together with a fourth in Torreón (Corona).

Nationwide stadiums are proposed in Kingston, Jamaica, and San Jose, Costa Rica.

Different U.S. venues listed as potentialities are Foxborough, Massachusetts (Gillette), Philadelphia (Lincoln Monetary Subject) and Santa Clara, California (Levi’s), all venues for subsequent 12 months’s males’s World Cup.

Extra websites included have been Baltimore (M&T Financial institution), Birmingham, Alabama (Protecting), Carson, California (Dignity Well being Sports activities Park), Cincinnati (TQL), Cleveland (Huntington Financial institution Subject), Columbus, Ohio (Decrease.com Subject), Frisco, Texas (Toyota), Glendale, Arizona (State Farm), Harrison, New Jersey (Sports activities Illustrated), Los Angeles (Memorial Coliseum), Miami (Chase), Nashville (Nissan), New York (Etihad Park), Orlando (Inter & Co), Pasadena, California (Rose Bowl), St. Louis (Energizer Park), San Francisco (Oracle Park), Sandy, Utah (America First Subject) and Tampa, Florida (Raymond James).

Second attainable websites in cities, all with decrease capacities, have been included for Houston (Shell Vitality), Kansas Metropolis (CPKC), and Washington, D.C. (Audi Subject).

Indianapolis was listed for a proposed stadium.

Miami’s Exhausting Rock Stadium was the one 2026 World Cup venue not included.

Chicago was not listed after dropping out of bidding to host in 2026 due to what it stated have been FIFA’s burdensome monetary calls for.

Extra potentialities in Mexico are Pachuca (Miguel Hidalgo) and Querétaro (Corregidora) together with Universitario as an alternate alternative in Monterrey. Saprissa was listed as an alternate web site in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Organizers envision fan festivals and watch events together with video games. Income from advertising and sponsorships is projected at $1.4 billion.

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