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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

It's Friday, June 17th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston, Miami, Seattle, and Kansas City were the

newcomers among the 11 U.S. sites picked to host the games of the 2026 World Cup while Baltimore,

Cincinnati, Denver, Nashville, Tennessee, and Orlando were left out. That's pretty cool.

It is cool. Arlington, Texas, East Rutherford, New Jersey, Foxborough, Massachusetts, and Inglewood,

and Santa Clara, California were the holdovers.

FIFA announced its selections Thursday for the World Cup and three co-hosts, also picking three Mexican cities and two in Canada.

Do you think that New Wawa had anything to do, imagine?

I think that was all in that.

The bid plan envisioned 60 games in the United States, including all from the quarterfinals on and 10 each in Mexico and Canada.

Specific sites for each round will be announced later.

Philadelphia Union coach Jim Curtin, who says a World Cup event in this city will hopefully revive interest in the game and bring more fans to their games in Chester.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said his stomach was in knots waiting to

hear the announcement, but in the end, he said he had a good feeling. Hundreds of people packed into

Love Park for the host city watch party. The city is anticipating 500,000 people to visit

Philadelphia for the World Cup. The economic impact alone will create 3,500 jobs over a quarter of a billion dollars for the city.

Officials say Lincoln Financial...

Lincoln Financial Fields will be able to accommodate roughly 62,000 fans.

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