Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Australian Stadiums being used as part of the bid:
Stadium Australia was opened in 1999 and was the main stadium for the Sydney 2000 Olympics the capacity for the world cup will be 83,000 and after the world cup 88,000. there will need to be minor upgrade.







Perth Stadium will be a new stadium built on Kitchner Park otherwise known as Subiaco Oval the new stadium will have oval and rectangular rectractable seating with a capacity of 60,000.








Adelaide Oval has a history dating back to 1865 with many upgrades including the new members stand which was built in 2010 the stadium will need major upgrade and will have a capacity of 50,000









Sydney Football Stadium was opened in 1988 and has hosted many sporting events including world cup qualifiers, the SFS is right next to the SCG. the capacity for the world cup will be 41,000 and after the world cup will be 45,000.







Gold coast stadium opened in 1987 which was built in Carrara 11km off the Gold coast. The stadium was knocked down in 2010 and is going to be rebuilt with a capacity of 25,000 for the world cup it will be upgraded again for the capaciy of 40,000









Blacktown Stadium will be a new stadium built in the Blacktown Sports Park which was built for the 2000 Olympics the stadium will have a capacity of 41,000 after the world cup the capacity will be 21,000.








MCG was built in 1858 and has been one of the best stadiums in the world it has hosted the 1956 Olympics and the 2006 commonwealth games. The capacity for the world cup will be 88,000 and after the world cup 100,012.





Brisbane Stadium is Australia's biggest rectangular purpose stadium Brisbane Stadium has had a long history. The capacity for the world cup will be 50,000 and after the world cup 53,000








Newcastle Stadium was opened in 1970 formally known as the international Sport Centre the stadium has had numerous renovations and currently undergoing one now which will be finished in 2011 there will still need to be a major upgrade the stadium will have a capacity of 42,000 for the world cup and afterwards the capacity will be 34,000.








Canberra Stadium will be a new built stadium right next to Bruce Stadium. The stadium will be right next to the Australian Institute of Sport the capacity of the stadium will be 40,000 and after the world cup the capacity will be 27,000.







Geelong Stadium is a stadium built on Kardinia Park in Geelong the stadium only hosts Australian Rules footy but a major upgrade will help the stadium play rectangular field sports. the capacity for the world cup will be 44,000 and after the world cup 37,000.






Townsville stadium was opened in 1994. Soccer and Rugby League games get played at this stadium there will need to be a major upgrade the capacity for the world cup will be 40,000 and after the world cup 30,000.

What are Australia's chances of hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2022

Australia along with countries, USA, Qatar, South Korea, Japan, England, Russia with Belgium and Netherlands in a joint bid as well as Spain and Portugal having a joint bid. Australia has a very good chance of hosting the world cup because:
Australia is a developing football country.
Australia has never hosted the world cup.
Australia can open Football in Oceania.
Australia is in the Asia football Confederation and there is a lot of wealth.
Australia has world class stadiums.
Australia has many hotels, airports and infrastructure to host the world cup.
All the European countries and USA are also bidding for the 2018 world cup and a European country is almost gaurenteed for it which leaves all the other European countries inelidgable for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Australia is one of the front runners to host the world cup with a bid team of Frank Lowy the owner of Westfield group and FFA board members.