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Canadian Soccer Association to bid for 2026 World Cup

All World Cups now have the official FIFA Fan Festival, which is the outdoor viewing party. These are not ticketed, but have capacity restriction.
 
While security operations around the Olympics are mostly geared around terrorism and crowd control, an additional concern with the World Cup is preventing fan fights and hooliganism.

There have been a number of incidents at this summer's European Championship:

www.mundodeportivo.com

Violence erupts in Dortmund as Dutch hooligans target England fans ahead of Euros semi-final

Incidents of violence erupted in Dortmund as Dutch hooligans targeted England fans, resulting in injuries to five individuals. Videos circulating online depict
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www.theguardian.com

England’s Euro 2024 win over Serbia marred by fan violence before kickoff

England’s opening Euros game has been marred by violence, with the arrest of seven Serbs and a warning of banning orders for any UK nationals found to be involved
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christiesplits said:
While security operations around the Olympics are mostly geared around terrorism and crowd control, an additional concern with the World Cup is preventing fan fights and hooliganism.

There have been a number of incidents at this summer's European Championship:

www.mundodeportivo.com

Violence erupts in Dortmund as Dutch hooligans target England fans ahead of Euros semi-final

Incidents of violence erupted in Dortmund as Dutch hooligans targeted England fans, resulting in injuries to five individuals. Videos circulating online depict
www.mundodeportivo.com www.mundodeportivo.com
www.theguardian.com

England’s Euro 2024 win over Serbia marred by fan violence before kickoff

England’s opening Euros game has been marred by violence, with the arrest of seven Serbs and a warning of banning orders for any UK nationals found to be involved
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Funny timing on this post as a Malice-at-the-Palace style fight broke out after the Colombia v Uruguay match tonight in Charlotte.

 
Have they said where this FIFA Fan Festival will be? I would assume it will likely be in the parking lot immediately south of the stadium. Is it just a big screen with a viewing area, maybe with a big tent with a few hundred folding chairs and a few displays around it?
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-247473.pdf
https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/fifa-world-cup-26/
The six matches at BMO Field "Toronto Stadium" are from June 12 to July 2. Does the Fan Festival stay there all the way through to the final on July 19?
How much does this prevent other things happening at Exhibition Place? Will Toronto FC and Argos have to avoid home games for a few weeks or maybe have some 'home' games in Hamilton? Does the construction of the IndyCar course start happening as usual in early June?
 
The Star is reporting that the facilities at Cenntennial Park will be smaller than first envisioned but I can’t find any more info. Apparently at Executive committee so will look later. Also no news about Woodbine stadium.
 
FIFA has reduced the requirements needed to training locations

FIFA has reduced training site requirements at Centennial Park from two training pitches and field houses down to one for the duration of the tournament in Toronto. This change results in net savings in capital expenses allocated to training sites plus additional savings to operations including safety and security budgets. Savings from the training site capital budget will be reallocated to other FWC26 budget requirements including the Toronto Stadium capital project. With the completion of pre-construction work at Toronto Stadium, rough order of magnitude pricing is surpassing initial estimates. The increase in capital costs for the stadium will be offset by: reallocation of savings from the training site capital project; investment of new funding from MLSE; and continued work with FIFA and all vendors to reduce scope and identify and implement cost saving measures wherever possible.
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City staff cut 2026 FIFA World Cup budget despite warnings about the risk of soaring costs, documents reveal​

www.thestar.com

City staff cut 2026 FIFA World Cup budget despite warnings about the risk of soaring costs, documents reveal

A business plan for the 2026 FIFA World Cup games in Toronto shows staff asking for the estimated budget to be cut by $20 million despite a warning not to.
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City staff asked for cuts to the projected cost of hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup ahead of a crucial council vote two years ago — a move its own consultants warned could leave the city on the hook for any cost overruns, documents obtained by the Star reveal.

The city’s directive to reduce the estimated budget by more than $20 million is detailed in a tournament business plan prepared by Organisports, a sports management firm retained by the city.

The plan informed the $290 million hosting estimate staff presented to councillors before they voted in April 2022 to accept Toronto being named a World Cup venue, and has not been made public. The Star obtained a copy through a freedom of information request.
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In other news, ahead of the 2026 World Cup, the Canada men's national soccer team is now #31 in the FIFA rankings, their highest ranking ever.

www.sportsnet.ca

Canadian men's soccer team earns highest FIFA ranking ever at No. 31

FIFA listed the Canadian men's soccer team at 31st in its latest rankings published on Thursday, marking the national squad's highest-ever placement on the worldwide list.
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I think a bigger question mark is whether or not the US will approve VISAs for specific visiting teams. Obviously FIFA is a big organization and everything in the US operates on money and how much of it you have, but what prevents them from just flat-out not providing VISAs to, say, Iran, or Mexico, or Canada?

It's unfortunate that protest is the only tangible way forward but protest will also lead to the military and brownshirts on their streets shutting them down. Protest is what the administration wants, and it's going to keep cutting people off at the knees until they get to that point. Who knows what happens with the World Cup next year - who knows what will happen next month? They're quickly approaching a Reichstag fire moment; perhaps they don't even need one.
 
Mihairokov said:
I think a bigger question mark is whether or not the US will approve VISAs for specific visiting teams. Obviously FIFA is a big organization and everything in the US operates on money and how much of it you have, but what prevents them from just flat-out not providing VISAs to, say, Iran, or Mexico, or Canada?

It's unfortunate that protest is the only tangible way forward but protest will also lead to the military and brownshirts on their streets shutting them down. Protest is what the administration wants, and it's going to keep cutting people off at the knees until they get to that point. Who knows what happens with the World Cup next year - who knows what will happen next month? They're quickly approaching a Reichstag fire moment; perhaps they don't even need one.
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Canadians aren't required to get a visa to travel to the US. I think it would be exceptionally disruptive for the US to change that, with the potential for Canada to impose similar restrictions on Americans.
 
afransen said:
Canadians aren't required to get a visa to travel to the US. I think it would be exceptionally disruptive for the US to change that, with the potential for Canada to impose similar restrictions on Americans.
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More or less disruptive than economic tariffs? 😋
 
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