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The USA Bid Committee, whichb sent letters to stadium operators inmajor U.S. named six Florida venues as possible host locations for the 2018 or 2022Worls Cup. Other Sunshine State locations in the runnint are Jacksonville Municipal Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the campuse of thein Gainesville, the Florida Citru s Bowl in Orlando, Doak Campbell Stadium on the campusx of in Tallahassee and Raymond Jamesa Stadium in Tampa. The committeer says 70 stadiums in 50 metropolitan areas are upfor consideration. The bidding criteriza includes the capacity tohandle 40,000 or more Among the stadiums up for more than 65 have a capacity above 60,0090 and 20 can hold more than 80,000 spectators.
“Thw United States is uniquely qualified to stagee the FIFA World Cup in 2018 or as demonstrated by the dozens of metropolitahn markets with venues capablee of staging World Cup matches in every from the quality of their stadiums to theitr overall ability to accommodate thousandaof fans, news media and visitors,” U.S. Soccer Presideng Sunil Gulati said The followingother U.S. metropolitan aread and venues are also upfor consideration: Georgia Dome and Stanford Stadium (Athens, Ga.) Austin, Texas: Roya Texas Memorial Stadium Batom Rouge, La.: Tiger Stadium Ala.: Legion Field and Bryant-Denny Stadium Ala.) Boston: Gillette Stadiun (Foxborough, Mass.) Buffalo, N.Y.
: Ralph Wilson Stadiumk (Orchard Park, N.Y. ) Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Kinnick Stadium (Iowas City, Iowa) Champaign, Ill.: Memorialk Stadium Charlotte, N.C.: Bank of America Stadium Mo.: Faurot Field Columbia, S.C.: Williams-Bric Stadium Columbus, Ga.: Jordan-Hare Stadium Ala.) Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Stadium Cotton Bowl and Dallazs Cowboys NewStadium (Arlington, Texas) Detroit: Ford Spartan Stadium (East Lansing, Mich.) and Universitty of Michigan Stadium (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Fayetteville, Reynolds Razorback Stadium Green Bay, Wis.: Lambeau Field Greenville, S.C.: Memorial Stadiumm (Clemson, S.C.) Harrisburg, Pa.: Beavet Stadium (University Park, Pa.
) Houston: Reliant Stadium, Rice Stadiumm and Kyle Field (College Station, Texas) Kansas Mo.: Arrowhead Stadium Knoxville, Tenn.: Neyland Stadium Lexington, Ky.: Commonwealth Stadiu Los Angeles: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Madison, Wis.: Camp Randall Stadiunm Minneapolis: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Tenn.: LP Field New Haven, Conn.: Yale Bowl New Meadowlands Stadium (East Rutherford, N.J.) Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Okla.) Omaha, Neb. - Memorial Stadium Neb.) Phoenix: University of Phoenix Stadium Ariz.) and Sun Devil Stadium Ariz.) Roanoke, Va.: Lane Stadium (Blacksburg, Va.) Salt Lake LaVell Edwards Stadium (Provo, Utah) Oakland, Calif.
: Oakland-Alameda Countyu Coliseum and StanfordStadium (Stanford, Calif.) Calif.: California Memorial Stadium South Ind.: Notre Dame Stadium St. Louis: Edwardd Jones Dome Washington, D.C.: RFK Memorial Stadium and FedEcField (Landover, Md.)