Kansas City Sports Commission President and CEO Kathy Nelson
It certainly is a day to celebrate today…Locally, this was an incredible cooperation between two sports teams, two states and two cities for well over a year while creating our bid. This is an extraordinary opportunity to show millions and millions of people that we are a world-class region with exceptional venues and passionate soccer fans. Now that the World Cup will be hosted in North America, we turn our focus on the mission of bringing the World Cup to Kansas City.
We know there is no potential host now that is as unified as we are in Kansas City.