Dallas, Houston Chosen As Host Cities For 2026 FIFA World Cup

DALLAS, TX — Dallas and Houston have been named host cities in the FIFA 2026 World Cup, officials announced Thursday, along with Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Seattle, Washington; the San Francisco Bay Area; Inglewood, California; Guadalajara; Kansas City, Missouri; Atlanta, Georgia; Monterey, Mexico; and Mexico City, Mexico; Toronto, Canada; Boston; Philadelphia; Miami; and Rutherford, New Jersey.

The cities were to be revealed in three groups: West, central and then east. The Western Region consists of Vancouver, Seattle (Lumen Field), Santa Clara (Levi's Stadium), Inglewood (SoFi Stadium) and Guadalajara, Mexico.

The central consists of Dallas (AT&T Stadium), Houston (NRG Stadium), Kansas City (Arrowhead Staduim), Atlanta (Mercedes Benz Stadium), Monterey (Estadio BBVA) and Mexico City (Estadio Azteca).

The east region will be made up of Toronto (BMO Field), Boston (Gillette Stadium in Foxborough), Philadelphia (Lincoln Financial Field), Miami (Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens) and Rutherford (MetLife Stadium).

Seventeen stadiums in 16 areas remained in contention to be among 10-12 selected from the U.S. for the tournament, Thursday. The U.S. will co-host the tournament with Mexico and Canada, with 60 of the 80 games to be played in the U.S. under FIFA’s plan, including all from the quarterfinals.

On Thursday, top players from the three countries gathered for their respective federations, The New York Times reported: Christian Pulisic (United States), Hirving “Chucky” Lozano (Mexico) and Jonathan Osorio (Canada).

According to The Associated Press, Arlington, East Rutherford, and Inglewood were locks to be named host cities..

Also in the hunt were M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore and Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

Least likely to be named were: Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati; Empower Field at Mile High in Denver; and Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida.