This year’s World Cup is set to be the biggest since the tournament’s inception, with a whopping 48 nations playing 104 matches across three host countries – all in the space of four weeks!
Naturally, this means the logistical operation behind the football will be absolutely huge, with masses of equipment needing to be transported around virtually the entire continent of North America in a short period of time.
To highlight just how big the operation will be, Generation Logistics have crunched the numbers to reveal the eye-watering statistics behind organising the tournament.
Key stats include:
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Over one million Ibs (453,592 kg) of equipment will be moved throughout the tournament
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5,000 vehicles are needed for the transportation of supplies
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Around one million sq ft (92,903 sq m)of warehouse space is required to manage infrastructure
Bethany Windsor, Programme Director for Generation Logistics, commented: “This is set to be the biggest World Cup in the tournament’s long history, with more teams playing and more nations hosting than ever before.
“With that, naturally, the scale and logistical operation off the pitch becomes much larger and presents more challenges. The amount of equipment that needs to be moved in such a short space of time across a very large area is staggering, and the figures really show the true scale of what is set to be the biggest sporting tournament in history, from a logistical point of view.”