England–Wales–Scotland–Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland 2030 FIFA World Cup proposed bid

England–Wales–Scotland–Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland 2030 FIFA World Cup proposed bid Is a proposed bid for the UK and Ireland to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Proposed venues[edit]

24 venues have been proposed to host matches. Millennium Stadium in Cardiff has been proposed to host the opening match and a semi-final, with Old Trafford in Manchester proposed for the other semi-final, with Wembley Stadium in London almost certainly hosting the final. 16 venues are expected to be chosen each hosting 5 matches, 12 in England and 1 each in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.

England[edit]

The following English venues have been proposed to be used for the matches.

London				Liverpool
Wembley Stadium	London Stadium	Emirates Stadium	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.	New Anfield / Anfield^b
Capacity: 90,000	Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 60,400	Capacity: 58,000	Capacity: 72,334 / 45,362

Manchester		London Manchester Liverpool Newcastle Milton Keynes Bristol Sunderland Nottingham Birmingham Sheffield Leeds Plymouth
Old Trafford^a,b	City of Manchester Stadium
Capacity: 75,797	Capacity: 47,717

Newcastle	Leeds
St James' Park^b	Elland Road
Capacity: 52,000	Capacity: 51,240

Sunderland	Birmingham
Stadium of Light	Villa Park^a,b
Capacity: 48,707	Capacity: 47,300

Nottingham	Bristol	Milton Keynes	Sheffield	Plymouth
New Nottingham Stadium Proposed	Ashton Vale Proposed	Stadium MK	Hillsborough^a,b	Home Park
Capacity: 45,300	Capacity: 44,000	Capacity: 44,000	Capacity: 43,946	Capacity: 43,874

^a: Stadium used in 1966 FIFA World Cup ^b: Stadium used in UEFA Euro '96

Wales[edit]

Only 1 Welsh venue meets the criteria to host matches.

Cardiff
Millennium Stadium
Capacity: 73,931

Scotland[edit]

4 venues have been proposed to be played on in Scotland.

Glasgow			Edinburgh
Celtic Park	Hampden Park	Ibrox Stadium	Murrayfield Stadium
Capacity: 60,411	Capacity: 51,866	Capacity: 50,817	Capacity: 67,144

Northern Ireland[edit]

All of the current Northern Irish venues are too small to host World Cup matches, however the redevelopment of Casement Park is set to make it big enough to stage some matches.

Belfast
Casement Park
Capacity: 34,000
File:Casementparkproposal.jpg

Republic of Ireland[edit]

2 venues are in contention in Republic of Ireland.

Dublin
Croke Park	Lansdowne Road
Capacity: 82,300 (69,500 seated)	Capacity: 51,700

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