Atlanta’s quest to qualify as a host city for the 2026 World Cup is nearly here. A FIFA delegation is set to visit nine US candidate cities. Boston, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, Washington DC, Baltimore, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia and Miami are the nine U.S. cities under consideration between September 15 and September 23.
Other U.S. cities will be visited before the end of November.
FIFA Vice-President and Concacaf President Victor Montagliani will lead the delegation, while FIFA experts in the fields of venue management, stadium and city infrastructure, team facilities, commercial, and bidding and legal will accompany the delegation, according to a U.