How Kansas City became a surprise World Cup hotspot
Key takeaways
- Add ARY News on Google AAResize In its storied history, Kansas City has attracted traders and mobsters, jazz legends and barbecue pitmasters, and even Taylor Swift.
- Kansas City is the smallest of the 11 US host cities for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, which runs from June 11 to July 19.
- In 1994, the last time the World Cup was held in the United States, Kansas City fell short in its bid to host.
Why this matters: local context for readers following news across Pakistan and the region.
Add ARY News on Google AAResize In its storied history, Kansas City has attracted traders and mobsters, jazz legends and barbecue pitmasters, and even Taylor Swift. Now it is preparing to welcome some of the world’s best soccer players – and their devoted followers.
Kansas City is the smallest of the 11 US host cities for the upcoming FIFA World Cup, which runs from June 11 to July 19. Yet three of the top seeds – Argentina, England and the Netherlands – have chosen it as their base.
That means this Midwestern city will transform into the temporary home of cash-flush soccer players, their legions of fans, and what British tabloids refer to as “WAGs” – their designer fashion-clad wives and girlfriends, who may be struck by the contrast with their lodging at the last tournament in Qatar: a cruise ship.