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The USA Bid Committee this week said it issued requestas for proposals to officials representing37 U.S. including Columbus, that currently qualify as potential host citied to FIFAWorld Cup. The proposals ask for information from city officialsxabout tourism, climate, security, transportation and promotion. The United States’ application is due to FIFA inMay 2010. FIFA’sx 24-member executive committee will study the conduct site visits and name the two host natione for the 2018 and 2022 tournamentx inDecember 2010, completing a 21-month bid and review The committee also released a list of 45 stadiums associated with the 37 candidate host cities.
Ohio home to the Buckeyes, is amonfg the venues under consideration. The Unitedr States, Australia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico and Russia have formallyt declared their desire to host to the FIFA Worl Cup in 2018or 2022. Netherlands-Belgiun and Portugal-Spain each have submitted joint bids for the 2018 and 2022 while Qatar and South Koreaw have applied as candidates to play host only to the tournamentin 2022.