A timeline look at how the 2026 FIFA World Cup made its way to Miami
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Miami is a host city for the 2026 FIFA World Cup
Miami was one of 11 U.S. cities to make the 2026 FIFA World Cup list along with Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York/New Jersey.
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After losing the bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022, the United States went right back to bid for the 2026 edition, albeit with Canada and Mexico as co-hosts.
On Thursday, soccer’s international governing body, FIFA, revealed which cities will host games when the tournament comes to North America in four years.
Miami was picked as one of those cities with Hard Rock Stadium hosting.
So how did things get to this point? Let’s take a look at a timeline of events:
1994
The FIFA World Cup came to the United States for the first time, but Orlando’s Citrus Bowl was chosen as a host venue. It was the only city picked from Florida to host games.
May 2016-2017
The first phase of the bidding process gets underway. Two additional phases take place in subsequent years before the final decision on who will host is revealed in 2020.
June 2020
The United bid (the United States, Mexico and Canada) wins the right to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup defeating Morocco’s bid. It’s the second time the U.S. is hosting the event, while it’s a record third time for Mexico and the first time for Canada to host the men’s tournament.
Miami was one of the 23 cities attached to the United bid.
June 16, 2022
As the months tick down to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, attention in North America was locked in for the next tournament’s host venues. Hard Rock Stadium, with its capacity of 67,000, was picked as a venue to host games in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The stadium, which has hosted six Super Bowls and several international soccer matches, meets FIFA’s stadium requirements.
This story was originally published June 16, 2022 at 5:47 PM.
