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Photo: Courtesy | Instagram Allegiant Stadium
In the midst of a pandemic, Concacaf he managed to carry out the gold Cup and safeguard the health of the thousands of fans, for this reason the Cup It will be limited to a few cities and, unlike in previous editions, the tournament will focus on much of the southern part of the USA, so it will not go up to the ostentatious: Nueva York, Boston, Chicago, Nashville o Seattle.
So there will be thousands and at the same time few fans who can enjoy the tournament. Those from the north will have to wait or simply travel several miles south to witness some of the duels.
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Texas It will be the state with the most duels, since there will be five venues: Frisco, Arlington, Dallas, Austin y Houston, said state will be a kind of bubble where hotels, stadiums and travel will shield players, staff and coaching staff from health.
In addition to the five cities of Texas, Orlando, Kansas City, Glendale y Las Vegas will be part of the itinerary of the gold Cup, the latter being where the great final of the Gold Cup.
Properties like AT&T Stadium de Arlington, NRG de Houston, Cotton Bowl de Dallas y Allegiant Stadium de Las Vegas they will be the largest stadiums, so they will have a greater number of attendees.
The stadium of the Las Vegas Raiders will be the one to debut in the tournament Concacaf Because construction was completed last year, so he’s only had one NFL season with his baddies. The property will be up to par and will only be able to host the grand final, so it will surely be a great closing.
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Photo: Courtesy | Instagram Allegiant Stadium
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In addition to the thousands of casinos and lush hotels, the stadium and the grand finale of the gold Cup will be other pretexts to go to Las Vegas, the state has hosted some soccer duels, even in the era of Juan Carlos Osorio, the Tricolor visited that city.
The lavish and brand-new house of the Raiders promises to be the great venue, a city to which all teams want to reach for the final. Below this city, Arizona will once again show off the stadium of the University of Phoenix, today known as the State Farm, the home of the Arizona Cardinals It does not know how to fail, the great ship of the desert promises great crowds, spectacle, comfort and freshness in the hot city of Glendale.
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Foto: Cortesía | Instagram State Farm Stadium
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No less important will be the houses of the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans. Both venues are already known to the teams and fans. El AT&T Stadium, With its gigantic screen, it promises a great show and the property of the Texans it doesn’t usually fail every time it is your turn to host.
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Photo: Jorge Martínez | Mexsport
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Foto: David Leah | Mexsport
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Right there in Texas, an old acquaintance will be resurrected, the Cotton Bowl it will be dusted off and like a good old stadium it will boast supremacy, because with its capacity for 92 thousand spectators it will not be an opponent for the other buildings. The stadium returns to the Gold Cup, the Concacaf again brings him to the foregrounds and with a couple of encounters he will return to the scene.
Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Q2 in Austin, Toyota Park in Frisco, Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas and BBVA Stadium in Houston They complete the buffet of the stadiums that will host the Cup, these are of smaller capacity and in them only soccer matches are held, so the green rectangle can be seen more closely.
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Photo: Courtesy | Instagram Exploria Stadium
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Photo: Jorge Martínez | Mexsport
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Although there are risks due to Covid-19 and the variants of the new strains where Delta is the one that turns on the red lights, the buildings will have all the health protocols, even in several of them the vaccine can be given.
Likewise, several of them have open stands, so there will be no problem with air circulation, even in the closed ones there is great ventilation due to air conditioning, as is the case of Arlington, Las Vegas, Glendale y Houston.
The ball is close to rolling, the big tickets will be guaranteed, because again Mexico will play at home, at home, because thousands of countrymen live in Texas, Phoenix and even Las Vegas.
THE STADIUMS
TEXAS
*Cotton Bowl
City: Dallas
Capacity: 92, 100 spectators
*AT&T Stadium
City: Arlington
Capacity: 80 spectators
*NRG
Town. Houston
Capacity: 71,795 spectators
*Q2 Stadium
City: Austin
Capacity: 20, 500 spectators
*BBVA Stadium
City: Houston
Capacity: 22,039 spectators
* Toyota Park
City: Frisco
Capacity: 20, 500 spectators
KANSAS CITY
*Children´s Mercy Park
City: Kansas
Capacity: 18, 467 spectators
FLORIDA
*Exploria Stadium
City: Orlando
Capacity: 25, 500 spectators
ARIZONA
*State Farm Stadium
City: Glendale
Capacity: 63, 400 spectators
NEVADA
Allegiant Stadium
City: Las Vegas
Capacity 61,000 spectators
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