About this episode

This episode explores Kansas City's journey to host the World Cup and its impact on the city's identity and infrastructure.

Kansas City’s efforts to host the World Cup go back all the way to 1988. Now the tournament is finally here, after four years of preparations that not only reshaped the metro’s infrastructure, but also solidified its identity as a true soccer city. How did we land such a big event, and are we ready?Suzanne Hogan brings us the fourth installment of our mini-series on Kansas City’s soccer history.

People in this episode

Host: Suzanne Hogan

Topics covered

• World Cup
• Kansas City
• soccer history
• infrastructure
• identity

Keywords

• Kansas City
• World Cup
• soccer
• infrastructure
• history

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Kansas City

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