{"id":291046,"date":"2023-09-18T07:34:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T07:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=291046"},"modified":"2023-09-18T07:34:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T07:34:38","slug":"fifa-president-gianni-infantino-watches-cowboys-game-at-att-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/fifa-president-gianni-infantino-watches-cowboys-game-at-att-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA President Gianni Infantino watches Cowboys game at AT&amp;T Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Is 2026 World Cup final venue confirmed? FIFA President Gianni Infantino watches Dallas Cowboys game with AT&amp;T Stadium in the race to host showdown<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jerry World is among three finalists in the running to host the centerpiece\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Arlington venue, alongside NJ&#8217;s MetLife and LA&#8217;s SoFi are all in contention\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cowboys owner and master businessman Jerry Jones is doing his best to ensure the 2026 World Cup Final comes to Arlington, TX. after FIFA President Gianni Infantino watched the Cowboys&#8217; 30-10 rout of the Jets in-person.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The controversial head of the global game was sat in a plush suite as Jones&#8217; Cowboys ran riot against the Zach Wilson-led Gang Green.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dallas&#8217; AT&amp;T Stadium is a crown jewel in America&#8217;s game &#8211; and Jones is hoping to expand that to global status, if it has not yet reached that threshold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Judging by Infantino&#8217;s comments there is every chance Big D hosts the biggest game in sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The stadium is absolutely fantastic,&#8217; Infantino said, via NBC5 Sports&#8217; Noah Bullard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/05\/75544401-12530125-image-a-23_1695012393007.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>FIFA President Gianni Infantino received some boos when he was shown on the giant screen<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/05\/75544465-12530125-image-a-22_1695012389960.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Arlington&#8217;s AT&amp;T Stadium is one of the crown jewels in the American sports venue landscape<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s incredible to be here&#8230; it&#8217;s important to see all the stadiums, it&#8217;s important to see what is done for the fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I have to say in America, you are light years ahead compared to the rest of the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, we&#8217;re here to learn, we are here to check and we are here to make, and organize, the biggest, biggest World Cup ever.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Though, there is no certainty of it coming to Arlington, with New Jersey&#8217;s MetLife Stadium and Southern California&#8217;s SoFi Stadium providing stiff competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, what did good ol&#8217; Jerry do in an attempt to stack the Dallas deck?<\/p>\n<p>Make star pass rusher Micah Parsons greet Infantino prior to heading back into the locker room pregame, via Dallas Morning News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think we&#8217;re trying every way in the world we can to have the final game here,&#8217; Jones said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re going to have games here, but want to try every way in the world to get it done and I need to send Micah.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/05\/75545003-12530125-image-a-33_1695012951511.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cowboys owner Jerry Jones tried to woo Infantino by introducing him to Micah Parsons (C)<\/p>\n<p>Beyond an interaction with the league&#8217;s best player, Infantino experienced 93,689 NFL fans &#8211; most of the Cowboy variety, naturally &#8211; at their most raucous.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The polarizing president also endured a some boos when his face was shown on the enormous screen in the stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One would hope that doesn&#8217;t factor into the final equation, with an official announcement expected from FIFA in the next month or so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup will be the biggest in the sense of competing teams. 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