Holy shit, I hope we get it. Canada on its own would never get it, but a joint bid with USA/Mexico stands a decent chance
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/01/22/mayor-john-tory-backs-2026-world-cup-bid.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/01/22/mayor-john-tory-backs-2026-world-cup-bid.html
Mayor John Tory backs 2026 World Cup bid
Toronto would compete to host three to five games if the Canada-Mexico-U.S. three-country proposal is selected; Tory calls it an “once-in-a-lifetime chance . . . at a very limited cost.”
A World Cup in Toronto is an “irresistible” opportunity if you ask Mayor John Tory, who said that Torontonians are just as enthusiastic about the possibility.
“I think if you ask the taxpayers . . . they’d rather have the money go to that than anything else we do,” Tory said in a telephone interview Sunday.
Canada is in the midst of a three-country bid for the 2026 World Cup, along with the United States and Mexico. The winner will be picked in June and if the North American countries get the tournament, Canada will host 10 games.
Toronto will compete with Edmonton, Montreal and Vancouver for three to five of those games. The host cities will be selected in 2021.
A report from the City of Toronto says the World Cup would bring “substantial economic and global media impacts” with “very limited financial and other risks.” the report says that the city would have to get the federal and provincial governments to share costs with them if they were to go ahead with a bid.
“I’m particularly confident in the case of the federal government because it’s a national bid,” said Tory