Kansas City sports teams, area cities, former players celebrate 2026 World Cup news
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Kansas City will host games in 2026 World Cup
Kansas City made an aggressive bid to be one of the U.S. host cities for the enormous international event put on by FIFA. Arrowhead will host the games, and it will be a massive economic boost.
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While the real party will begin four years from now when Kansas City takes center stage among the world’s sports fans, Thursday was a day to celebrate.
FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, announced Thursday that Kansas City would be one of the host cities for the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Sports teams, politicians, former athletes and others reveled in the news as they posted messages on Twitter.
Here is a sample of what was said.
The Royals shared this:
Mayor Quinton Lucas was fired up:
Former Sporting Kansas City forward Kei Kamara tweeted this:
Former Sporting defensive star Jimmy Conrad had campaigned for KC in the past.
The Kansas City Current shared a fun meme:
Sporting Kansas City tweeted this:
Kansas City changed its Twitter profile picture:
The city of Overland Park was excited:
Here is what the Chiefs tweeted:
Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons called Kansas City a winner:
Sporting KC co-owner Robb Heinemann tweeted this:
This story was originally published June 16, 2022 at 6:34 PM.
