Grand Central Terminal ta New York ta zama fagen wani muhimmin lokaci na FIFA a ranar Lahadi, yayin da hukumar kwallon kafa ta duniya ta shirya wani taron musamman na kirga zuwa da ke daidai da lokacin farawa na wasan karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 — wanda aka tsara shi don karfe 3:00 PM EDT a ranar 19 ga Yuli, sa'ad da alkalin wasa dan kasar Slovenia Slavko Vinčić zai busa sarewa don fara mafi girman wasa a tarihin kwallon kafa.

An sake shirya shahararrun allunan tafiye-tafiyen Grand Central don wannan taron, inda suke nuna takamaiman lokutan farawa na wasan karshe bisa ga lokacin gida a cikin biranen kasashe 48 da suka halarci FIFA World Cup 2026. Aikin ya amince da gudummawar kowace kasa mai halarci ga gasar yayin da yake nuna wata muhimmiyar gaskiya — cewa ko da yake sarewa tana busar New York New Jersey, wannan lokaci na duniya baki daya ne.

Alama ta lokaci da haɗin kai

Zaɓin wurin ba wani abu ne na dama ba. Sama da ƙarni ɗaya, shahararren agogo mai fuskofi huɗu na Grand Central ya kasance alama ta lokaci, motsi, da haɗin kai, yana marhabtar da miliyoyin masu tafiya da baƙi daga kowace kusurwa ta duniya. FIFA ta yi kwatankwacin gangan tsakanin wannan tsohon abin alama da karshen wasan Kofin Duniya kansa — wani lokaci ɗaya na haɗe kai da ke haɗa biliyoyin mutane a dukkan nahiyoyi.

Allunan tafiye-tafiyen sun jera biranen da ke wakiltar faɗin duniya na gasar: daga Madrid zuwa Buenos Aires, daga Tokyo zuwa Rabat, daga Toronto zuwa Port-au-Prince, da kuma daga Auckland zuwa Mexico City. Jerin kowace gari ya zama tunawa cewa wasan karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 ba na mai masaukin New York New Jersey kaɗai ba — yana amsawa ne a cikin Ƙungiyoyin Membobi 211 na FIFA.

Gasar da ta sake rubuta tarihi

FIFA World Cup 2026 ta faɗaɗa gasar zuwa kasashe 48 masu halarci a karon farko, ta mai da ita mafi saka kowa a tarihin gasar. Wannan faɗaɗawa ta ba ƙungiyoyi ƙari, al'adun kwallon kafa ƙari, da magoya baya ƙari hannun rike a tafiyar gasar — kuma aikin Grand Central na ranar Lahadi shi ne hanyar FIFA ta girmama wannan saka hannun jari na gama gari kafin karshen wasan.

Agogon babban zauren tashar ya kusa karfe 3:00 PM EDT, sako ya bayyana: ko ina kake a duniya, wasan karshe na FIFA World Cup 2026 shi ne lokacinka ma.