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Manchester The Quarterly Newsletter of Marketing Manchester
Winter 2010
Manchester chosen as a host city for England’s 2018 FIFA World Cup bid In November, a delegation led by Cllr Mike Amesbury, executive member for culture and leisure at Manchester City Council and Andrew Stokes, chief executive of Marketing Manchester, delivered Manchester’s bid to become a host city of an England 2018 FIFA World Cup to the FA at Wembley. Football legends Mike Summerbee and Patrick Crerand, United and City youth team players, Matt James and David Ball, along with James Mayer and Adio Marchant from the Manchester band Kid British handed over the document to The Rt Hon The Lord Mawhinney Kt, the FA’s selection panel chairman.
saw an economic benefit of almost £80 million. That’s an incredible amount of money, and when you couple it with the long-term benefits, like an increased profile on the world stage, it’s an opportunity that we cannot afford to miss.” Lord Mawhinney added:
“FIFA’s technical standards understandably are very high and it is vital we are as thorough as possible in making our selection. Technical director, Ian Riley and his team have made two inspection visits to each city and have provided as much advice and assistance through the process as possible. We believe England would be the perfect host to a World Cup tournament.”
Andrew Stokes said:
Manchester was announced as an official host city for the England bid in December. The FA will find out if England has been successful with the overall bid by the end of 2010.
“Bringing an event of this magnitude to the city cannot be underestimated. Munich was one of the host cities in 2006 and it
For more information about Manchester’s host city bid, visit: manchesterworldsport.com
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