TCU, North Texas announced as base camps for 2026 FIFA World Cup
The North Texas FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee announced six locations as base camps where teams would be able to train and stay before the games kick off, with TCU, North Texas, Dallas Baptist, University of Dallas, Mansfield Stadium and Toyota Stadium as locations.
Organizing committee president Monica Paul explained why North Texas and TCU made sense as locations.
'FIFA is looking for base camps that have infrastructure that are already built in for those teams to train at, and knowing that our universities throughout the region have the fields that are already there, but have the media center, the training rooms, the medical facilities that are needed, I think are critical for them, It's great that all of our universities and even places here like Toyota Stadium as well as I'm sure the new Mansfield stadium facility will have that infrastructure, so there's not a need to augment other operational services,' said Paul.
Base camps are for teams traveling into the region and give them a place to train, do media and have nearby hotel space until the World Cup commences, though Paul said they wouldn't know until February or March of 2026 whether all six base camps would be utilized.
Paul also said tickets for the events would go on sale in Q3 of 2025, July to September, but that suites and other ticket packages can be purchased at dallasfwc.com.
Paul also announced the massive economic impact, as forecast by Deloitte, of $1.5 billion to $2.1 billion.
With heightened concerns over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the actions of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Paul was unable to say whether the organizations would be involved in security, but explained how the committee was working with the federal government.
'We're in conversations with the FIFA government relations team we had up in Washington, D.C., earlier in May to meet with Andrew Giuliani (head of the White House's World Cup Task Force) … but it's been set up specifically to address federal questions, working with federal agencies, how they're going to monitor and work with the World Cup,' said Paul. 'So we're going to continue to have those conversations, but at the same time focus on doing what is in our control here locally to ensure we're able to be successful all the way from safety to security to transportation to legacy, sustainability, human rights initiatives, volunteer services, and then continue to engage in those conversations.'
CBP has stated on social media that agents will be at Saturday's Club World Cup event in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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