“It kind of needs to be an open area where they can erect giant television screens where people can watch any game that’s happening at any time,” Fox said. The area of the city that’s chosen for the FIFA Fan Fest would effectively be closed down for up to a month for uses that are not soccer-related. The FIFA Fan Fest would be designed for fans’ use as a gathering site throughout the World Cup - a place to watch every game of the tournament. Compass Minerals National Performance Center (the soccer training facility in Kansas City, Kan.), Children’s Mercy Park, the Chiefs’ training facility, Swope Soccer Village, Missouri Western State University, Park University, Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence and Kansas City NWSL’s yet-to-be-built training facility in Riverside are all in the mix. Led by Fox, Kansas City’s bid committee has been working with a number of local organizations to arrange rental of facilities for use during the World Cup. “We have such incredible training sites that we can offer up that I think is a huge benefit for us.” “They are visiting all of the training sites that we have presented as part of the bid, which is one of our strongest bid points,” Fox said.
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