FIFA 2026 World Cup draw set to be held in Las Vegas in December

The gully for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is acceptable to beryllium staged successful December with Las Vegas reported to beryllium the big venue.

Las Vegas is acceptable to big the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw, with reports that the ceremonial volition beryllium held connected Friday, December 5.

The city, based successful Nevada, United States, was selected implicit cities successful co-host nations Canada and Mexico.

FIFA officials person not themselves confirmed the day oregon tract but reports are present wide for the December day successful Vegas.

For the archetypal time, the contention volition instrumentality spot successful 3 countries and has been expanded to diagnostic 48 nations, arsenic opposed to the accepted 32.

Las Vegas’s Allegiant Stadium was rejected arsenic a big venue. Eleven US cities/venues were selected, on with 3 successful Mexico (Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey) and 2 successful Canada (Toronto and Vancouver).

The US sites are divided into 3 regions. New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, Miami and Atlanta are a portion of the eastbound region, Kansas City, Dallas and Houston comprise a portion of the cardinal region, portion Los Angeles, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay country marque up 3 of the 4 cities successful the occidental region.

The gully volition uncover the twelve groups with 4 nations per group. Mexico (Group A), Canada (Group B) and the United States (Group D) person already been selected for their groups.

MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, volition host the final lucifer connected July 19, 2026.

Las Vegas hosted the gully successful 1994, the past clip the World Cup was held successful the United States.

The modern Sphere, which has a seating capableness of astatine slightest 17,000 radical and opened successful 2023, is the frontrunning venue to big the evening.

Although hosting the gully for the 1994 edition, Vegas was not a big metropolis for immoderate matches, a concern that is besides the lawsuit for adjacent year’s event.

Qualifying for the tournament is acceptable to beryllium concluded by the extremity of March 2026, pursuing an intercontinental playoff.

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