Keep pulling the thread on Dan Hunt.
Dan Hunt hopes to host the Women's World Cup final in Dallas in 2031.
Major League Soccer plans to change its schedule to a traditional European calendar starting next year.
The Dallas Sports Commission has estimated the World Cup will provide an economic boost to the area of more than $1.5 billion, potentially up to over $2 billion.
Dan Hunt has made a personal multimillion-dollar investment to support the World Cup in Dallas.
The International Broadcast Center for the 2026 World Cup will be located at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas.
Four players on the U.S. men's national soccer team—Ricardo Pepi, Weston McKennie, Chris Richards, and Alejandro Zendejas—are products of the FC Dallas youth system.
Dan Hunt cites a statistic that when a nation hosts the World Cup and its team is successful, average attendance for professional soccer in that country increases by 30%.
Dan Hunt stated he has been working for 107 months to bring the World Cup games to Dallas.
Dan Hunt is optimistic that all nine World Cup games at Dallas Stadium will sell out.
Major League Soccer's business structure, including its revenue-sharing models, was modeled after the NFL by Lamar Hunt.
Through its partnership with Apple, Major League Soccer has moved some games in front of the paywall, making them accessible without an extra fee.
Dallas Stadium will host nine World Cup games with a seating capacity of over 80,000 for each game, totaling approximately 720,000 available seats.