KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Kansas City officials are looking to bring FIFA World Cup soccer matches to the city in 2018 or 2022.
Mayor Mark Funkhouser on Tuesday signed a host city agreement that would hold soccer matches at Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Chiefs. St. Louis has already submitted its own bid.
The two cities join 25 other locations that want to be part of the U.S. bid to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2020. The USA Bid Committee plans to choose the final 18 cities that would host matches for its bid later this month.
FIFA would choose the host country in December 2010.
Kansas City officials estimate the five or six matches played in Kansas City would generate up to $600 million in economic impact and create up to 8,000 temporary jobs during the event.
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