After meeting the rivals of the Argentine national team in the group stage World Cup 2026attention turned to the venues where it will play: the cities of Kansas And Dallas. Fans interested in traveling to the new edition of the competition, the is taking place in three countries for the first timewhat they were looking forward to Know the stages where the Albiceleste will hold its first meetings to estimate dates, accommodations and costs.
He World Cup 2026 It is the first in history with 48 choices and will be continued between June 11th and July 19th next year in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The 104 games will be played 16 different stageseleven of them They are Americans, three Mexicans And two Canadians.
Argentina will try to defend the title won in Qatar 2022, this time starting with Group J, where their opponents are located Austria, Algeria And Jordan. The group led by Lionel Scaloni He has a high chance of coming first as he turns out to be the most powerful of the four members in the region.
The Albiceleste is already thinking about a series of stadiums for the first confrontations, determined this afternoon at the FIFA gala. The team’s debut will be on Tuesday the 16th at 10 p.m. (Argentine time) in front to the African teama rival moved from Pot 3. The game takes place in Kansas.
The city in the state of Missouri is home to the Arrowhead Stadiumthe home of the Kansas City Chiefsalso a member of the largest professional American football league in the country. Space for 76,400 people and is considered the loudest stadium in the world.
As for the latter, so be it two Records in the Guinness Book for having the loudest moments: one where it reached 137.5 decibels in a game between the Chiefs and Raiders; and another that exceeded 142.2 decibels against the Patriots. Since its inauguration in 1972, it has looked back on more than half a century of history.
Then the Argentine team meets the Austrians, opponents of the second Ziborium, on Monday, June 22nd at 2:00 p.m. (Argentina time). The confrontation will take place DallasTexas.
This city has that AT&T Stadiumthe home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys. Has retractable roof, artificial turf and space for 80,000 People. For events with a standing audience, an expansion of up to 105,000 people is possible. The retractable roof and air-conditioned environment are essential in high summer with high temperatures.
The stadium is known as “Jerry World” (“Jerry’s World” in Spanish) in reference to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who initially viewed the stadium as a great entertainment venue.
This game is the one that causes the most concern due to high temperatures What’s in the city in summer? The game takes place at 1:00 p.m. (local time), which could have a huge impact on the physical intensity of the Argentine national players.
In the meantime, the last game of the group stage is against Jordan on Saturday, June 27 at 11 p.m. (Argentina time)will be controversial again Dallas.
At this Saturday’s gala, the full game was announced with days, times and venues for all games. The event was broadcast live on FIFA+ and the YouTube channel of the organization that regulates international football. The game against Argentina has the advantage that the selected team only has to travel between two citiesabout 740 kilometers away.
Yesterday afternoon, the coach of the Argentine national team, Lionel Scaloni, particularly commented on his team’s locations. Speaking to the press, he spoke about the difficulties the team might face the high temperatures What would be in Kansas, Dallas and San Francisco if the schedules were were not beneficial.
“FIFA will decide the fixture list, just as it did with the issue of venues. We thought we would play on one side, as they said, and we realized that wasn’t the case. The draw is the right thing, we’re fine. Tomorrow we will know the question of the schedule that we are considering because They are places that are very hot“, he remarked.
And he added: “I don’t know if we play in Kansas, I think so… a lot of heat. Let’s wait for the schedule, which is important because.” At the Heat, we already know that a lot is changing in football“.
Asked if he would have liked it if other cities had done the same, he said: “We had to do that. It’s not on the side of conformity, it’s on the side of.” All teams have to travel and it’s such a big country (USA)… There are three big countries.”
Scaloni assured that tomorrow part of the administrative staff will check where the team can stay to be close to the stadiums in which they play.