{"id":740823,"date":"2026-02-09T18:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/740823\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T18:14:19","slug":"after-super-bowl-60-bay-area-aims-to-lure-2031-womens-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/740823\/","title":{"rendered":"After Super Bowl 60, Bay Area aims to lure 2031 Women’s World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 With a Super Bowl in the books<\/a> and the FIFA men\u2019s World Cup<\/a> around the corner, the Bay Area Host Committee<\/a> has already set its aim on the next marquee sporting event it wants to bring to the region.<\/p>\n

As part of the U.S. bid for the 2031 Women\u2019s World Cup, the Bay Area submitted Levi\u2019s Stadium and Oracle Park as potential venues. FIFA officials were in town this week for the Super Bowl, and host committee CEO Zaileen Janmohamed said she was \u201chopeful\u201d about the region\u2019s chances.<\/p>\n

\u201cPersonally, I want to bring a women\u2019s event here \u2014 that would be really meaningful to me,\u201d Janmohamed said after Monday morning\u2019s news conference passing the Super Bowl torch to next year\u2019s host, Los Angeles. \u201cWe\u2019ll see how that goes, but we saw what happened this week when an event comes into this market. This place is awesome in hosting an event.\u201d<\/p>\n

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell echoed the sentiment, calling the Bay Area a \u201cvery special place\u201d and saying that the league \u201ccould not have had a better week.\u201d While Super Bowl 60 took place Sunday at Levi\u2019s Stadium, events throughout the week were spread between San Francisco, the East Bay and Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe innovation, the strength that you all have, the diversity, the creativity, the can-do atmosphere showed itself incredibly well this week,\u201d Goodell said, crediting the mayors of San Jose and San Francisco, 49ers executives Jed York and Al Guido, as well as Janmohamed. \u201cShe just pulled it all together. This is a very complicated event, and she did it. So we are eternally grateful to her.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to York, the 49ers\u2019 CEO, the Super Bowl generated \u201cabout $500 million\u201d in economic impact around the region and brought in visitors who accounted for more than 100,000 room nights in local hotels. The 49ers also donated close to $10 million into the community this week, York said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can\u2019t host a Super Bowl next year, we might as well keep it on the best coast,\u201d York said. \u201cThe season starts today. The Niners are ready to get after it. Hopefully we\u2019ll be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Super Bowl 61 coming to Los Angeles, it will mark the fourth time in NFL history that separate cities in the same state have hosted the game in consecutive years. The Men\u2019s World Cup will also play matches at two venues in California, and Los Angeles is set to host the Summer Olympics in 2028.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know there is a lot of misinformation out there about our state,\u201d Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis said. \u201cBut what we know is that there is a reason why we have two back-to-back Super Bowls. \u2026 Because California has the people, the cities, the sports teams, the sports fans, the incredible infrastructure, the hotels and the ability to continue to invest in all these things as the fourth-largest economy in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Janmohamed intends to keep the Bay Area as a prominent player for big events. When the Men\u2019s World Cup arrives in June, with six matches at Levi\u2019s Stadium, it will become the first time a venue has hosted a Super Bowl and the World Cup in the same calendar year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to take a couple days to regroup; otherwise my team is going to fall over,\u201d Janmohamed said. \u201cClose some things off with the NFL, make sure we transition really well, and by next week, we\u2019ll be back at it and starting to go full-steam ahead on the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Janmohamed said she met with FIFA officials on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The U.S., along with proposed co-hosts Mexico, Costa Rica and Jamaica, was the sole bid for the 2031 Women\u2019s World Cup when FIFA released proposals in November. A formal announcement awarding the tournament is expected in April, with cities and venues announced after that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what FIFA wants to make sure of is that the Women\u2019s World Cup isn\u2019t necessarily just a replication of the Men\u2019s World Cup,\u201d Janmohamed said. \u201cThere\u2019s different cities in the country that might not have been considered for a Men\u2019s World Cup. San Diego is a great example. So I actually have no idea how it\u2019s going to play out. Obviously, the Bay is an important market for them. They have a lot of sponsors that are based out here. So I\u2019m hopeful.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 With a Super Bowl in the books and the FIFA men\u2019s World Cup around the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2080],"tags":[220,7,1921,929,6,1161,252,2624,2623,3373,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-740823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-49ers","8":"tag-49ers","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-inside-sports","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-san-francisco","14":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","15":"tag-sanfrancisco","16":"tag-sanfrancisco49ers","17":"tag-soccer","18":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116042036881614295","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}