USA: Nations League Finals at AT&T Stadium
source: StadiumDB.com; author: Mateusz Osmola
Concacaf, the governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, has announced that AT&T Stadium, home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, will host the League of Nations finals next March.
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Nations League Finals in Dallas metro area
Following the Concacaf Nations League (CNL) 2023/24 quarter-finals, Concacaf has confirmed the semi-final pairings for the finals and the play-in phase. These decisive and exciting matches, featuring the region's top eight men's national teams, will take place in the Dallas metropolitan area during the FIFA match window in March 2024. AT&T Stadium will host the semi-finals, the third place match and the final of the competition. Toyota Stadium, home of FC Dallas, will host the play-in matches.
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The semi-finals will take place on March 21, with the third place match and final scheduled for March 24. AT&T Stadium will be the third host for the Concacaf Nations League Finals, following Empower Field at Mile High in Denver in 2021 and Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, which hosted the event this year.
Victor Montagliani, president of Concacaf, said: The Concacaf Nations League is an integral part of the Concacaf men’s national team calendar and continues to have a hugely positive impact on the development of the game in our region. The competition provides a consistent set of matches across the FIFA windows and, as we head towards the latter stages of the third edition, I must praise our 41 federations and their teams for their hard work and commitment to this competition.
Format of the competition
The winner of each Concacaf Nations League quarter-final pairing advanced to the finals and also qualify for next year's Copa América. These teams are Panama, the United States, Jamaica and Mexico. The losers moved on to the play-in phase of the Nations League, which will determine the final two Concacaf visitor teams qualifying for the Copa América. These nations are Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras and Trinidad and Tobago. The first two editions of the Concacaf Nations League finals were won by the United States.
Home of the Dallas Cowboys was inaugurated in 2009. Initial capacity was set at 80,000 with room for 15,000 corporate seats and up to 380 skyboxes (eventually 343). However, both ends were designed in a way allowing either accommodation of additional standing fans and/or erection of temporary bleachers. Thanks to these features, capacities of over 100,000 are not uncommon at the stadium. Making it the world’s largest domed stadium.
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