FOOTBALL: 2026 World Cup | Mexico City prepares to welcome millions
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AFP – Mexico City is gearing up to welcome more than five million visitors for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, whose opening match will be played in the sprawling megacity, authorities said.
The top football tournament will be held in Mexico, the United States and Canada, marking the first time that three countries co-host the event. Three of the 16 venues will be in the Latin American nation, with the central city of Guadalajara and northern industrial hub of Monterrey sharing Mexico’s host duties with the capital.
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Eleven other venues will be in the United States and two in Canada. Mexico’s government and city authorities are working together “to ensure that the experience is safe and smooth,” Interior Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez said at a presentation.
“More than five million people are expected to arrive” for the matches in Mexico City, which has around nine million residents and is more than 2,200 metres above sea level, she said.
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The iconic Azteca Stadium, which has hosted two FIFA World Cup finals, is on track to be renovated by the time the whistle blows for the opening match on June 11, according to organisers.
More than USD100 million is being invested in the stadium, its general director Felix Aguirre said, promising that it “will be ready”.
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