How will 2026 World Cup translate in Kansas City? We discuss in a SportsBeat KC podcast
Moments after Argentina’s game-winning penalty kick hit the back of the net to defeat France in Sunday’s World Cup final, thoughts turned to the next World Cup: the 2026 event to be held in 16 North American cities, including Kansas City.
On today’s SportsBeat KC podcast, Star columnists Vahe Gregorian and Sam McDowell sit down with three Kansas City officials who attended the World Cup in Qatar: Kansas City Sports Commission and VisitKC president Kathy Nelson, Kansas City deputy city manager and executive director of convention and entertainment facilities Kimiko Gilmore, and Joe Reardon, Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce president and former mayor of Kansas City, Kan.
They speak about their experiences at the World Cup in Qatar and vision for the event in Kansas City, the smallest U.S. market set to serve as a host city four years from now.
First, you’ll hear a conversation with Gregorian, who ponders the enormity of the World Cup in Kansas City and how it will translate here.
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Distinct as Qatar and KC are, abiding spirit of World Cup will translate here in 2026