Gillette Stadium Included In Three-Country 2026 World Cup Bid

FOXBOROUGH, MA — If FIFA officials decide that the U.S.-Canada-Mexico World Cup bid is the way to go for the 2026 tournament, matches could be played in Foxborough.

Gillette Stadium has been included as one of the venues in the three-country United Bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

If selected, the tournament would be Foxborough's fourth World Cup and Gillette Stadium's second. The old Foxboro Stadium hosted matches during the 1994 men's World Cup and 1999 women's World Cup and Gillette Stadium was used as a stadium for the 2003 women's World Cup.

A total of 23 cities were chosen as host city candidates and 16 will be selected if the games are awarded to the United Bid.

The full list of Candidate Host Cities can be found below. If the 2026 FIFA World Cup is awarded to the United Bid, FIFA will select up to 16 Host Cities from the proposed slate of 23.

Here's a full list of proposed host cities:

Canada:

• Edmonton
• Montréal
• Toronto

Mexico:

• Guadalajara
• Mexico City
• Monterrey

United States:

• Atlanta
• Baltimore
• Boston
• Cincinnati
• Dallas
• Denver
• Houston
• Kansas City
• Los Angeles
• Miami
• Nashville
• New York/New Jersey
• Orlando
• Philadelphia
• San Francisco Bay Area
• Seattle
• Washington DC

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