United States to host Rugby World Cup and vows not to do the same thing as Qatar
World Rugby's council ratified the decision to be awarded the next five men's and female's World Cups at a meeting in Dublin on Thursday. Australia named the 2027 tournament just 24 years after hosting the 2003 tournament during which England were named champions.
We can create it and they will follow with A USA Rugby World Cup will change the game.
The USA has been granted the men's tournament in 2031 as well as the women's competition in 2033. The organisers are hopeful that they will earn $1 billion through ticket sales by itself. Comparatively this year's 2019 World Cup in Japan produced about PS350m in ticketing revenue.
The NFL season typically beginning in September,, World Cup organisers are concerned about failing to capture the attention of the American populace with any match.
Referring to that the Fifa male World Cup which takes place in November and the month of December in Qatar and is in the middle in the seasons for principal European leagues World Rugby confirmed a shift to summer is possible. However, this it could create issues for when the season 2030-31 for domestic leagues, and could result in players leaving in scorching temperatures, depending on the cities hosting the tournament.
"If you think about the previous Rugby World Cup in Australia back in 2003, it was slightly later than what is now our World Cup window," stated the chief executive of World Rugby, Alan Gilpin. "The US would probably ideally be a bit earlier. What we need to do, with the confidence we have today is to think about the potential benefits and challenges could be in that. It's likely that it is going to involve some kind of adult discussions with professional leagues across the globe and the implications that they might impact their seasons. We're not doing the same thing in Qatar and then throw it into the middle of a bunch of other tournaments. There are a lot of factors to be considered."
The choice to move the World Cup to the USA is a bold move considering that they might not even be eligible for the 2023 tournament, however the commercial possibilities have proven to be irresistible, with World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont calling it"the "golden nugget". The organizers predict that they'll sell more than three million tickets and 2.6m were put up for France 2023, despite the relatively low profile that the tournament has in the US. "We have 28 venues of over 60,000 and a couple of over 100,000," the USA Rugby chief executive officer, Ross Young. "The hardest part will be the engagement. It's not going simple, but playing 48 games across the country is quite doable."
In fact, Gilpin revealed that not only do organisers want to avoid clashes with the NFL but they can also work with franchises in order to improve involvement. He said: "What's been interesting in some of the debates about it is the openness of, say all NFL franchises. Therefore, are we aware of this? If we can create some collaboration with NFL franchises to host games the game, the potential for us the chance to make this happen quickly will be incredible."
While Australia received their 2029 female World Cup, England - the most likely team for this year's tournament was chosen as hosts for 2025. The goal is to sell the stadium Twickenham to host the tournament, and it's been reported that it is believed that the Rugby Football Union has secured PS14.5m in funding from the government to support its long-running programme. The RFU's chief operating officers, Sue Day, confirmed that they are looking to Euro 2022 in England this summer, where tickets sold out in under an hour, to serve as an example of how to go about it. She added: "Football is a few years ahead of us and it would be a shame not to take a lesson from these events. We need to learn from each other. These are the events that make women's sports more exciting and competitive We must be doing it all together."
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When asked if this would mean that he'd be willing to consider a change in the field of rugby, World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin said: 'We would. The US should be ideally a little later (in this year's calendar).
We need to think about the issues to this. It will require talks with leagues of professionals across the globe.
"We're not going to make an Qatar and then just throw it into the middle of a bunch of other events.'
The Gilpin Qatar comment was intended to be a subliminal reference to soccer's 2022 World Cup which will start in the Middle East in November and disrupt the Premier League calendar.
Rugby is the latest game to attempt to break into the American market, however moving the date in 2031 World Cup would present a number of issues.
This raises the possibility of sporting events that take place in hot temperatures, as well as serious concerns regarding the safety of players.
The possibility of playing the World Cup in November or December could clash in conjunction with Gallagher Premiership and other club seasons.
The USA is the gold nugget that everyone is eager to grab", World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont stated. The USA is the world's largest sporting market.'
World Rugby hopes to bring in an astonishing $1billion in ticket revenues through World Rugby's USA for the men's World Cup - - a number that was impossible for previous tournaments to achieve.
Gilpin said: 'We take a look at the US the same way we have looked at the opportunities in Japan. It's an excellent location to grow the game.
We will definitely have a tournament larger than a $1billion World Cup but I'm hoping we can get there before 2031.'
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