The owner of Inter Miami, David Beckham, recognized the work of the city of Las Vegas in Formula 1 and hopes it will host the 2026 World Cup.

Las Vegas is currently not down as one of the venues to host the 2026 World Cup in the United States. Surprisingly, Allegiant Stadium was left aside by the world football’s governing body, with Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle as the cities chosen.

Despite this, Inter Miami owner David Beckham is not giving up hope that the city will have at least one game in the tournament in the United States in 2026.

“It’s always exciting in a World Cup year, but I think now it will be a special moment for it to come to the United States, especially now that I’m part of an MLS team. Obviously, Las Vegas should host one of the games, who knows? But if it does, then I think it will be spectacular,” admitted Beckham.

Beckham was present at the Las Vegas Grand Prix which took place early Sunday morning, and believes the organisation was a success beyond the problems that arose during Thursday night’s practice.

“Hosting a big event, I think, is something special. A night race is exciting and I think they’ve done a great job. I’m a big Formula 1 fan, so it’s an amazing thing to be able to be here,” added Beckham ahead of the big race.

Could Las Vegas host World Cup games?

Problems with the capacity of SoFi Stadium, as well as the relationship between Stan Kroenke, owner of the Los Angeles venue, and FIFA over the financial distribution between the cities hosting the tournament, mean it will be a challenge for the city to host the tournament.

Although Allegiant Stadium currently has similar problems to SoFi Stadium, Steve Hill, chairman of the Las Vegas stadium’s board of directors, acknowledged that they are willing to expand the stadium’s turf in order to convince FIFA.

With a capacity of just 65,000 fans, Las Vegas meets the requirements to host a World Cup game and has already hosted the Gold Cup final in 2021 and the CONCACAF Nations League in 2023. In addition, it will host Super Bowl LVIII.