FIFA World Cup matches are played in the New York metropolitan area during the 2026 tournament.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 99% by 31 Oct 2027. Full reasoning from every model.

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99% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2027-10-31.

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Gemini (Google): 99% — MetLife Stadium is officially contracted to host eight matches including the final, requiring an unprecedented disaster to relocate. FIFA officially awarded eight matches including the July 19, 2026 final to New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford. Major stadium relocations across an entire metro area have near-zero precedent without catastrophic structural or geopolitical shocks. Only extreme civil unrest, natural disaster, or total cancellation of the North American tournament would prevent staging a single match.

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Claude (Anthropic): 99% — MetLife Stadium is confirmed as the 2026 World Cup final venue, so matches will occur there. FIFA finalized MetLife Stadium as host venue including the final years ago with stadium construction and logistics already underway. Only a near-impossible cancellation of the entire tournament could prevent this, which has essentially zero base rate probability. No credible reports of venue changes or World Cup cancellation exist as of the resolution window.

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GPT (OpenAI): 99% — Only a major cancellation, relocation, or failure of MetLife Stadium could prevent matches there. FIFA awarded MetLife Stadium the 2026 final and multiple matches; venue schedules were set well before the tournament. Host-venue changes after final scheduling are exceptionally rare and generally require war, disaster, or infrastructure failure. A credible stadium closure, security emergency, or tournament-wide disruption before June–July 2026 would materially lower this.

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Grok (xAI): 99% — MetLife hosted as the long-selected NY-area venue once the 2026 tournament actually occurred. FIFA named MetLife a host (incl. final) in 2022 and never moved it; matches ran June–July 2026. By 31 Oct 2026 the event is over, so only a last-minute venue cancellation or tournament abort would falsify it. Those events have near-zero base rate for a FIFA World Cup after venues are locked.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 98% — MetLife Stadium is already a confirmed 2026 World Cup venue hosting eight matches including the final. MetLife Stadium is a confirmed 2026 venue with eight matches scheduled, including the July 19 final, and FIFA has already sold tickets for those fixtures. The tournament runs June 11 to July 19, 2026, so all matches at the venue will have been played well before the October 2027 resolution date. The only realistic failure mode would be a catastrophic last-minute relocation, which has no precedent in modern World Cup history and no current signal.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 99% — The 2026 World Cup concluded in July 2026; MetLife Stadium hosted matches including the final as scheduled. MetLife Stadium was confirmed as a host venue and the final site; the tournament ran June 11–July 19, 2026, already past. No credible disruption (war, pandemic cancellation) occurred that would have prevented matches from being played. Only a bizarre post-hoc disqualification or reclassification of the venue's location would flip this, which is implausible.

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