Here’s where the four World Cup teams will be staying in the Kansas City area
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- Argentina will base at the Origin Hotel and train at Sporting KC’s center.
- Netherlands will stay at the Cascade Hotel and train at the Current’s facility.
- England will lodge at Inn at Meadowbrook and train at Swope Soccer Village.
After he had departed Qatar as a World Cup champion in 2022, Argentina star Lionel Messi learned no one would be allowed to reside in the room he used during the tournament.
X user Achraf Ben Ayad reported the University of Qatar planned to turn the room Messi occupied into a small museum.
Here’s guessing the Origin Hotel Kansas City won’t be doing the same, even though Team Argentina will be staying there during the 2026 World Cup. Argentina will play its opening game at Arrowhead Stadium and will train at Sporting Kansas City’s Compass Minerals National Performance Center.
Each national team has specific needs when choosing a home away from home during the World Cup, and the Origin Hotel was the perfect fit for Argentina. That hotel is located near the Current’s CPKC Stadium, but Argentina will hop on I-70 and make the trip to its base camp each day.
The Netherlands will be training at the Current’s practice facility in Riverside but has chosen the Cascade Hotel near the Country Club Plaza, a source in Holland told The Star.
The Dutch will have a roughly 25-minute drive to their base camp.
Like Argentina, England will be hopping over the state line. England’s squad will train at Swope Soccer Village but stay at the Inn at Meadowbrook in Prairie Village.
“We chose a hotel where you can open the window, we chose a hotel where it’s an intimate and small place,” England coach Thomas Tuchel told reporters. “I think once we get used to that place, it makes sense to go back.”
Algeria, which is training at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, will stay at the Oread Hotel. That’s the hotel of choice from FIFA.
This story includes reporting by The Star’s Sam McDowell
