Seattle's Lumen Field considered for 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup semifinal

After hosting FIFA World Cup games for the men this past summer, Seattle is now in line to host the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup. FOX 13 John Hopseth is in the newsroom with the details after reading through FIFA's bid evaluation. This is exciting news for our area, John. It really is, Erin, and FIFA just released that bid evaluation for the tournament. Lumen Field proposed as a host venue through the semifinals. Now, the tournament, it's a joint bid between the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Jamaica, And FIFA is expected. to approve the bids at a meeting later this month in Switzerland, but it is sounding pretty optimistic about Seattle. In that bid evaluation, FIFA says of Lumen Field, quote, with a gross capacity of approximately 71,000 seats, it exceeds the minimum requirements for its highest proposed match category of a semifinal. That is from... FIFA again on their bid evaluation. Now, that means Seattle would not host a finals match, but we didn't for the Men's World Cup this last summer, and that was still a major success. generated $889 million for Seattle and King County, including $109 million in state and local tax revenue, while supporting 20,000 jobs and visitors from around the country. And the world raved about their experience in Seattle. Also, several Seattle Reign players play for the U.S. and other countries in past World Cups, including Megan Rapinoe and Sofia Huerta. We don't know yet if we would see the U.S. team at Lumen, but it's sounding pretty good that we will see World Cup women's games right here in Seattle. All right, exciting news, John.