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Here we go again
http://www.news.com.au/sport/footba...r-football-codes/story-fndkzvnd-1227266764468
http://www.news.com.au/sport/footba...r-football-codes/story-fndkzvnd-1227266764468
Australia will need six ‘clean’ stadiums for about a month in June and July of 2021 if the competition is based on the same criteria as the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil.
But having access to 40,000 minimum capacity stadiums in accordance with FIFA standards could be a major sticking point.
Soccer would need the AFL (Australian football), ARU (rugby) and NRL (rugby league) to cooperate to have any hope of luring the Confederations Cup to Australia.
Those football competitions would be in the peak of their competitions and using the most sought after venues during their domestic seasons in 2021.
And if Adelaide Oval is to be a five star venue it would mean its AFL tenants the Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide would have to vacate the venue for a month in accordance to FIFA Confederation Cup demands.
The same situation would apply to clubs in the AFL, NRL and ARU currently using Victoria’s MCG and Docklands Stadium, NSW’s Stadium Australia and Sydney Football Stadium, Queensland’s Lang Park and Brisbane Cricket Ground and WA’s Subiaco Oval and the new Perth Stadium.