Overview
- Vigo’s council sent a letter urging the RFEF to confirm Balaídos as Spain’s 11th 2030 World Cup venue after Málaga’s withdrawal, warning it will escalate the case to FIFA.
- The council says a 13 January reply from the RFEF stated there is no interest in designating Vigo as a host city.
- Provincial leader Luisa Sánchez says neither the Diputación nor the Xunta has received the stadium project, budget or timeline requested months ago, preventing a financing decision.
- Vigo cites its exclusion from a late‑November RFEF‑FIFA meeting of host cities as evidence that the federation is sidelining its candidacy.
- The municipality reports Balaídos works are well advanced, including reforms aimed at meeting FIFA’s roughly 43,000-seat requirement.