page_title: Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid
section_title: Bid committee
hierarchical_section_title: Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid / Bid committee
caption_attribution_description: English: Morocco’s Minister of Trade Moulay Hafid Elalamy in a meeting with the Director-General of the World Trade Organization Roberto Azevêdo. Русский: Министр торговли Морокко Мулай Хафид Элалами на встрече с генеральным директором Всемирной торговой организации Роберту Азеведу.
context_page_description: The Morocco 2026 FIFA World Cup bid was Morocco's unsuccessful bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. It competed with the United 2026 bid of Canada, Mexico, and the United States for hosting rights.
context_section_description: On 10 January 2018, King Mohammed VI appointed Moulay Hafid Elalamy as Chairman of the bid committee.
  Two days later the London-based agency VERO Communications was appointed as Lead Communications and Strategy Consultants of the Moroccan bid. 
  Transportation infrastructure: new rail connections, new roads as well as highways and new aeroports or terminals.
  The healthcare system: about 21 new hospitals.
  The tourism industry: a large number of new hotels and leisure facilities.
  Sports infrastructure: about 130 football stadiums will be built or renovated (Morocco presently has 38 stadiums with 10,000 or more capacity)
caption: Moulay Hafid Elalamy in March 2014
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