Riaan INdebe Yomhlaba izobuyela e-Los Angeles esikhathini esingaphezudlwana kweminyaka emithathu, futhi uma ungakakuphawuli lokho ekhalendeni lakho, awuwedwa.
“Sisebancane – angazi noma i-jaded yigama elilungile – ngenxa yakho konke okwenzekayo kule makethe,” kusho u-Larry Freedman, umongameli wekomidi elisingatha iNdebe Yomhlaba yase-Los Angeles. “Sisanda kuba neSuper Bowl. Sisanda kuba nomqhudelwano webhola lezinyawo wasekolishi. ILakers ingene kowamanqamu eWestern Conference.”
Ngakho-ke i-FIFA, inhlangano ebusayo yebhola likanobhutshuzwayo emhlabeni wonke, ibe nephathi egcwele izihlabani ngoLwesithathu eGriffith Observatory ukuze khumbuza wonke umuntu ukuthi iNdebe Yomhlaba ka-2026 isendleleni ngokwembula ukumaketha komqhudelwano omkhulukazi nomude kunayo yonke emlandweni, ozokwabelwa yi-US, Mexico neCanada. Lo mqhudelwano futhi ungowokuqala lapho imakethe ngayinye kwezingu-16 ezisingathwayo, okuhlanganisa ne-Southern California, izoba nophawu lwayo oluhlukile nohlobo, olunamaphethini nemibala ekhombisa lezo zimakethe.
Labo bazovezwa ngokusemthethweni ngoLwesine.
“Abantu abazi ukuthi iyeza. Ngakho-ke kwethulwa, ”kusho uKathryn Schloessman, umongameli kanye nesikhulu esiphezulu seLos Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission.
U-Kathryn Schloessman we-Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment Commission ukhuluma nabezindaba ngesikhathi kunengqungquthela yezindaba ye-Super Bowl e-Los Angeles Convention Center ngo-Feb. 14, 2022.
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Izimpawu zezwe ezimbalwa zase-Southern California, okuhlanganisa i-Dodger Stadium, i-SoFi Stadium, i-Santa Monica Pacific Wheel, i-Memorial Coliseum, i-City Hall kanye nama-pylon ase-Los Angeles International Airport, zikhanyiswe ngoLwesithathu ngemibala yophawu lwe-LA’s World Cup, abahleli bemibala bathi izohamba kancane. ibe yonke indawo e-Southern California njengoba umqhudelwano usondela.
Ilogo, eboleka ukubukeka nokuklama okubheke esikhathini esizayo – “26” eyenziwe isitayela ngemuva kwendebe yeNdebe Yomhlaba – evela kumkhiqizo womhlaba weFIFA, isebenzisa iphalethi egqamile yokuphuzi, ebomvu nokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka emele ukukhanya kwelanga, izinkanyezi namabhishi aseNingizimu California. .
“I-Los Angeles yidolobha elibalulekile,” kusho uMengameli we-FIFA u-Gianni Infantino ngenkathi engena emcimbini wangoLwesithathu. “Kuyindawo yokungena. Idolobha okwadlalelwa kulo owamanqamu weNdebe yoMhlaba edlule e-United States nalo.
“Asikakazi ukuthi umdlalo wamanqamu wale Ndebe yoMhlaba uzodlalelwa kuphi. Lokhu kusazothathwa, ukusho kanjalo. Kodwa iLos Angeles izoba ngelinye lamadolobha abalulekile kule Ndebe yoMhlaba nakanjani.”
Indawo okuzosingathwa kuyo eSouthern California, iSoFi Stadium, e-Inglewood, kulindeleke ukuthi ibe yisizinda semidlalo yeNdebe Yomhlaba emihlanu kuya kweyisishiyagalombili ngo-2026, kusho uSchloessman, okuzoholela emthelela wezomnotho ocishe ube uhhafu webhiliyoni, ngokocwaningo olwenziwe yiBoston Consulting Group. . Umqhudelwano wango-1994, okuwukuphela kwawo owedlule iNdebe Yomhlaba yabesilisa owadlalelwa e-US, waba yimpumelelo kakhulu emlandweni, wadonsa irekhodi labalandeli abayizigidi ezingu-3.6 emidlalweni engu-52 eyadlalwa emadolobheni ayisishiyagalolunye ase-US – wenza inzuzo engu-$1.45 billion.
“Kusobala ukuthi siyasijabulela leso sibalo. Kusho lukhulu,” kusho u-Schloessman ngomthelela wezomnotho ngo-2026. Kodwa “okuyinto abantu abanakayo ngempela umthelela womphakathi kanye nalokho okuzoletha. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi yilokho esikuthokozela kakhulu, ukuba nomzila weminyaka emithathu, sinalo mcimbi omangalisayo odonsa amehlo abezindaba kanye nesasasa kuwo.”
Umqhudelwano ka-2026 uzoba mkhulu ngokuphindwe kabili kuno-1994, unamaqembu angama-48 nemidlalo engu-104. I-FIFA kulindeleke ukuthi ikhiphe lolu hlelo ngoSepthemba, kanti uFreedman uthe unethemba lokuthi iSouthern California, eyabamba owamanqamu eNdebe yoMhlaba yabesilisa yango-1994 kanye neNdebe Yomhlaba yabesifazane ngo-1999 eRose Bowl, izophinde iklonyeliswe ngemidlalo ebalulekile.
I-Confetti inetha i-Rose Bowl ne-Team USA ngemva kokuhlula i-China 5-4 ngesikhathi sokudubulana kowamanqamu weNdebe Yomhlaba Yabesifazane e-Rose Bowl.
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“Asifuni ukuba idolobha elizosingatha kuphela, kodwa idolobha elizosingatha uNdunankulu,” kusho uFreedman. “Noma ngabe kunjalo [an] umdlalo wokuvula ozohlanganisa iqembu lesizwe laseMelika noma owandulela owamanqamu, owamanqamu, sifuna ukubamba iqhaza abaphusile kulo mqhudelwano futhi sibe neminye yemidlalo emikhulu.”
Iqiniso lokuthi iFIFA yakhetha i-LA ngoba umqhudelwano wangoLwesithathu uveza uphawu ukuthi inhlangano ithatha imakethe njengento ebalulekile, kusho uSchloessman.
“Uma ufuna ukunakwa kakhulu kumkhiqizo wakho, uza enhlokodolobha yezokuzijabulisa emhlabeni. Futhi leyo yiLos Angeles, ”kusho yena. “Yingakho bekhethe idolobha lethu ukuthi balethule. Imboni yezokungcebeleka nokuba sedolobheni elikhulu labezindaba njengaleli kubalulekile ekusaseni labo. Yilowo myalezo abawuthumelayo.”
Ngaphezu kwemidlalo yesiteji, i-Southern California izosebenza njengendawo yokuqeqesha yamaqembu amaningana ngo-2026 futhi izosingatha abalandeli bamasonto ayisithupha ngokushesha ukuze idolobha lihlale limatasa.
“Kuzoba ngu-40 [to] Izinsuku ezingama-45 zebhola likanobhutshuzwayo leNdebe Yomhlaba lapha e-Los Angeles,” kusho uSchloessman, “ngamaphathi okubuka noma ngemidlalo yethu ebukhoma.”
