Final plans taking shape as Toronto’s 1st FIFA World Cup match approaches
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With 100 days to go until its first FIFA World Cup game, Toronto is focused on the needs for transit and services for tens of thousands of soccer fans.
After years of planning and preparation, Toronto’s opening FIFA World Cup match is now just 100 days away.
On June 12 at 3 p.m., tens of thousands will descend on Exhibition Place to watch Canada play their first game of the international soccer tournament.
Their opponent, however, is still to be decided. Matches in late March will determine if Wales, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Northern Ireland will compete in that game.
Through the rest of June and the first week of July, Toronto will also host matches featuring countries such as Ghana, Germany, Croatia and Senegal.
The city’s final match will be a Round of 32 game on July 2.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, whose government is putting $97 million toward hosting the competition, said provincial funds would help with the cost of health care and security.
“We committed almost $100 million to make sure that we attract everyone from around the world for FIFA. It’s going to be incredible. A big chunk of that is going to be security, another chunk of it — when you have hundreds of thousands of visitors — is health care. The hospitals are going to need support,” Ford said at an unrelated event on Monday.
“Toronto, Ontario, is on the map. People from around the world are coming here.”
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