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Location of the host cities of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

• Western region
•  1  Los Angeles
•  2  SF Bay Area
•  3  Seattle
•  4  Vancouver
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• Central region
•  5  Dallas
•  6  Guadalajara
•  7  Houston
•  8  Kansas City
•  9  Mexico City
•  10  Monterrey
• Eastern region
•  11  Atlanta
•  12  Boston
•  13  Miami
•  14  NY/NJ
•  15  Philadelphia
•  16  Toronto

During the bidding process, 41 cities with 42 existing, fully functional venues with regular tenants (except Montreal) and two venues under construction (Las Vegas and Los Angeles) submitted to be part of the bid (three venues in three cities in Mexico; six venues in six cities in Canada; 35 venues in 32 cities in the United States).^[39] A first-round elimination cut nine venues and nine cities. A second-round elimination cut an additional nine venues in six cities, while three venues in three cities (Chicago, Minneapolis, and Vancouver) dropped out due to FIFA's unwillingness to discuss financial details.^[40] After Montreal dropped out in July 2021 due to lack of provincial funding and support to renovate Olympic Stadium,^[41] Vancouver rejoined the bid as a candidate city in April 2022,^[42] bringing the total number to 24 venues, each in its own city or metropolitan area.

On June 16, 2022, the sixteen host cities (two in Canada, three in Mexico, eleven in the United States) were announced by FIFA: Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Guadalajara, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Toronto, and Vancouver.^[43] Eight of the