While local adults and community leaders understood the true enormity of starting the countdown clock to the FIFA World Cup on June 11, the young fans gathered at the Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park best encapsulated what the Bay Area Host Committee (BAHC) and the City of Santa Clara were striving to accomplish. They just … Read more
The sun was shining and the temperature was balmy. You couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day for the SF Bay Area “One Year to Go” World Cup kick off ceremony at Santa Clara’s Youth Soccer Park, adjacent to Levi’s Stadium, where the World Cup games will be played. Santa Clara officials and members … Read more
With the World Cup and Super Bowl coming to Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium next year, the business of sports is in the spotlight. At a roundtable with sports and business leaders at the Triton Museum of Art on April 2, Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce looked at the business of sports and especially the … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council finally got several key documents with regard to the FIFA World Cup games Levi’s Stadium is set to host in 2026. At a study session on Oct. 10, the council heard details from city employees on different aspects of what has been negotiated with the nonprofit hosting the event and … Read more
One story about Bay Area Host Committee CEO and President Zaileen Janmohamed’s childhood tells you one important thing about this enterprising child of East African refugees from civil war and Idi Amin’s murderous regime: She doesn’t give up. “My parents were so nervous about being in a new country [Canada], and raising first-generation kids, where … Read more