@stadiumdb: ❓🇺🇸 What if Las Vegas had been chosen for the 2026 World Cup? Matches would almost certainly have been played at Allegiant Stadium, the Raiders’ enclosed, climate-controlled arena just off the Strip. It would have given the tournament one of its most spectacular American backdrops: a new stadium, hospitality potential and a city built around major events. But Las Vegas was left out because Allegiant was designed for NFL football, not FIFA’s field requirements. Its natural grass pitch sits on a retractable tray that was too narrow, and adapting it would have been costly, disruptive and difficult within the required timeline.

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