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The U.S. bid committee this week sent requesffor proposals, or RFP, letters to 37 citie s representing 45 stadiums that will be evaluated for the bid packagd to be sent to World Cup officials to host the prestigious soccer tournament in 2018 or 2022. The originak list announced in May included 70 stadiums in 50 citiesx that werebeing considered, including Rice Stadium on the campuws and Kyle Field on the Besides Reliant Stadium, two venues in the Metroplexd — the new Dallas Cowboys stadium, with a capacityt of 100,000, and the Cotton Bowl — and San Antonio’sw Alamodome are still in the hunt. The final U.S.
bid to , the governiny body overseeing theWorld Cup, is due in May 2010. The Australia, England, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico and Russia have declared their desire to host the Worlcd Cup in 2018or 2022. Netherlands-Belgiumk and Portugal-Spain have each submitted joinft bids for the 2018 and2022 tournaments, whils Qatar and South Korea have appliefd only for 2022.