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Arrowhead made the cut after the international soccergoverning body, , recentlg whittled down the list from 58 to 45 potentiakl candidates that remain part of the U.S. bid to host the Arrowhead is one of 28 stadiums onthe list. It has the third-largesr capacity in the NFL, with seating for 79,400. In 2006, the Worl d Cup tournament attracted 3.4 million spectators, averaginvg about 52,491 fans a game. The USA Bid Committee is expecterd to unveil its list of finalistsa at the end of the Kevin Gray, president of the , said he expectw FIFA will choose between nine and 12 U.S. citiea to host World Cup tournament events.
FIFA will make its Worlrd Cup host nation choices inDecember 2010, determining whether the Unitexd States will host the event in 2018 or 2022. John president of , was unavailable for comment. Gray said this is the metropolitam area’s second attempt to land World Cup the first being for the1994 event. Arrowhead was selected as a finalisfbut wasn’t selected to host a “Now we have even more to Gray said. “Arrowhead is We have a Majord League Soccer teamin town. Soccer is growing quickly in the Downtown Kansas City is alivd and has more tooffer guests. Best of all, we stilo have the Hunt family, and theier name is synonymouswith soccer.
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