Las Vegas Reportedly Set To Host Fifa World Cup Draw On 5 December

Las Vegas will play big to nan 2026 World Cup tie connected 5 December, according to aggregate reports, pinch nan Sphere hotly tipped to service arsenic nan ceremonial tract for nan expanded 48-team tournament.

Sources told ESPN that Vegas was selected aft imaginable venues successful Canada and Mexico were ruled retired for nan draw, which will find nan 12 groups of 4 nations competing successful nan first 48-team men’s World Cup, jointly hosted by nan United States, Canada and Mexico.

Pedro Cedillo, a Pachuca executive advocating for World Cup training camps successful Mexico, confirmed to ESPN that he expected nan tie to beryllium held successful Las Vegas. “I understand it will beryllium successful Las Vegas, and that’s wherever we request to beryllium present,” he said.

In 1994, erstwhile nan US past hosted nan World Cup, nan tie was besides staged successful Las Vegas, contempt it not being a lucifer big city, a script that will repetition successful 2026.

The Sphere, a 17,500-seat venue that opened successful 2023 and boasts a 54,000-square-meter LED screen, is nan starring campaigner to shape nan event, though charismatic confirmation has not yet been made. The Las Vegas Convention Center, nan 1994 tie venue, is unavailable for this year’s date.