If the American state is successful in its bid to win the Games' hosting rights, it was agreed with the Government to set aside the additional funds which bid chairman Hill Carrow says will substantially strengthen their efforts.

"A World University Games reserve to make funds available to support the state of North Carolina as a host of the 2027 World University Games upon an act of appropriation by the General Assembly," stated section 2.2 of the budget bill.

"The state controller shall reserve to the World University Games reserve from funds available in the general fund the sum of $25,000,000 in nonrecurring funds for the 2022-2023 fiscal year."

Carrow said the $25 million in the budget bill would cover a quarter of the estimated $100 million (£83 million/€98 million) needed to put on the World University Games, with sponsorship, television revenue, ticket sales and local Governments covering the rest.

"It’s very important," Carrow said, as reported by Triad Business Journal.

"This sends a strong message that the public sector is very supportive."

North Carolina's bid sees five host sub-sites named; Raleigh, Durham, Cary, Chapel Hill, and Greensboro.

Together these areas are known as North Carolina's university hub as it includes more than 260,000 students representing 19 institutions.

The United States has hosted one previous FISU Summer World University Games, in Buffalo in 1993, when the event was known as the Summer Universiade.

North Carolina is competing for the hosting rights alongside Chungcheong in South Korea.