Haha, you spend nearly 8 BILLION dollars building a stadium only to find out you can’t even host the World Cup now???

Mar 20, 2023
4:13:45pm

GangstaLean All-American

Who’s the dude who messed that part of the design up????

SoFi Stadium 'told it's too NARROW' to host 2026 World Cup final

While SoFi Stadium is set to host games during the 2026 World Cup, its chances of hosting the final are in jeopardy according to a new report.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11882597/World-Cup-2026-final-thrown-chaos-SoFi-Stadium-LA-told-pitch-NARROW.html

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Haha, you spend nearly 8 BILLION dollars building a stadium only to find out you can’t even host the World Cup now???

GangstaLean All-American

3/20/23 4:13pm

Is that why they built it?

Turnpike Lane

3/20/23 4:15pm

Hey, I could care less about soccer but clearly they would like to host those games.

GangstaLean

3/20/23 5:45pm

I believe it was built with the intention of being an American football stadium.

DieHarder

3/20/23 4:17pm

And it was entirely funded by the owner, no taxpayer dollars. Still stupid but

NOCAL_YFAN

3/20/23 4:24pm

Stan Kroenke owns one of the largest soccer teams in the world. Its a fail.

rad dawg

3/20/23 4:37pm

IIRC, he's the biggest sports owner in the world, measured by teams' value

Gustav

3/20/23 4:43pm

100% agree. I would just think you would design the place to capture every bit of revenue you possibly can.

GangstaLean

3/20/23 5:46pm

Even the title tells me they can't be the final, but they can do games.

paulb

3/20/23 4:21pm

Allegiant Stadium has the same problem. Beautiful stadium. Great atmosphere

RalphWiggam

3/20/23 4:29pm

Because the stadium was built for football, not soccer.

RH84025

3/20/23 4:37pm

Nah. The stadium was built for generating revenue, both for the stadium and

RalphWiggam

3/20/23 4:46pm

I think these stadiums will do just fine without soccer.

RH84025

3/20/23 4:53pm

I’m not saying the stadium was designed for soccer or that they even need soccer BUT with minor tweaks in design it

GangstaLean

3/20/23 5:45pm

I watched the Gold Cup final there versus El Tri. It was fine.

calvindyer

3/20/23 9:20pm

If they can turn the Delta Center into an ice rink or a monster truck arena, I'm

Great38

3/20/23 4:48pm

RSL wanted to do the Real Madrid game at LES but the concrete in the corners

CougsOrDeath

3/20/23 5:31pm

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