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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I don't think it's faulty. If Canada built enough stadia in the next 10 years to host the Men's World Cup, I think that Canada would be essentially a lock to host the 2026 world cup (yes, even over the US). However, there is ZERO chance of that happening.
Toronto winning a 2020 or 2024 Summer Olympic bid would probably take care of the large stadium requirement - but there would still be a long ways to go in terms of stadia.
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I actually don't think stadiums is that big of an issue honestly.
Assuming we need 12 stadiums with the following specifications:
1 larger than 70K capacity
2 larger than 60K
9 larger than 40K
We in Canada could potentially have the following:
Vancouver - BC Place - 55K
Edmonton - Commonwealth Stadium - 60K (expandable to 70K+)
Calgary - New Stampeders/MLS stadium - 40K (expandable to 45K)
Regina - New Roughriders Stadium - 33K (expandable to 40K)
Winnipeg - Investors Group Field - 33K (expandable to 40K)
Toronto - Rogers Centre - 54K
BMO Field - 22K (expandable to 40K)
Ottawa - New Frank Claire Stadium - 30K (Expandable to 40K)
Montreal - Olympic Stadium - 66K
Saputo Field - 22K (Expandable to 40K)
That leaves another two locations possibly. So possibly Victoria, Halifax, Moncton? Build smaller stadiums there with temporary seating that can be dismantled later like they're doing in Qatar.
So the issues that I see here are the that assuming you want to hold your finals in Toronto, Rogers Centre is inadequate. They would need to build something huge there for a world cup. That could potentially replace a BMO Field expansion, so you can go with new 80K stadium and Rogers Centre for Toronto.
All other "expansions" could be as simple as adding temporary seating in the end zones.
Even with the stadiums we have today, or proposed today, we can potentially make a World Cup work here in Canada. Who knows what the future holds though.