Jump To:United StatesCanadaMexicoCopy linkFacebookXPinterestEmailShare this article 0Join the conversationFollow usAdd us as a preferred source on GoogleNewsletterFour Four TwoGet FourFourTwo NewsletterThe best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.Become a Member in Seconds Unlock instant access to exclusive member features.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.You are now subscribedYour newsletter sign-up was successfulWant to add more newsletters?Five times a weekFourFourTwo DailyFantastic football content straight to your inbox! From the latest transfer news, quizzes, videos, features and interviews with the biggest names in the game, plus lots more.Signup +Once a week...And its LIVE!Sign up to our FREE live football newsletter, tracking all of the biggest games available to watch on the device of your choice. Never miss a kick-off!Signup +Join the clubGet full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards.Explore An account already exists for this email address, please log in.Subscribe to our newsletterThe World Cup is a massive logistical undertaking for fans and organising committees alike, and the hard work that goes into it is all geared towards making it a month-long festival of football.World Cup 2026 will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico in June and July. The party atmosphere might be offset by the political situation globally and on the ground in America, not to mention the sheer cost of being there, but fans who make the trip will surely be looking for a good time.In such a vast geographical area, fans will be based in host cities in the days before and after the World Cup fixtures they're attending, if indeed they're attending matches at all. You may like FIFA World Cup 2026: Dates, fixtures, stadiums, tickets and everything you need to know World Cup 2026 fixtures in full: The complete schedule World Cup 2026 calendar: Pacific Daylight Time World Cup 2026 fan zones in the United States, Canada and MexicoIf you're not heading off to the World Cup, our list of 300+ pubs, bars and venues to watch live sport in the UK will help you experience a little fan zone fun closer to home. If you are, you belong to FIFA now. Congratulations.The official fan zones at World Cup 2026 will operate under the FIFA Fan Festival banner and every host city will have one. FourFourTwo has the lowdown on where to watch matches in North America and Mexico this summer...United StatesAtlantaLocated in downtown Atlanta, the Fan Festival is less than a mile from Mercedes-Benz Stadium and will be held at Centennial Olympic Park for up to three weeks during World Cup 2026. The park was built for the Olympic Games in 1996.Location: Centennial Olympic Park, 235 Park Ave SW, Atlanta, GA 30303Get FourFourTwo NewsletterThe best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.BostonGillette Stadium is in Foxborough, a 44-minute drive from central Boston on a good day, but the Fan Festival location is in the heart of the city at City Hall Square. The fan zone's opening dates have not yet been confirmed.Location: 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02203DallasFan Festival Dallas will be open on every day when there's a World Cup match scheduled. Located 30 miles along I-30 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, the fan zone will take over Fair Park in South Dallas from June 11 to July 19. What to read next World Cup 2026 calendar: Central Daylight Time 2026 World Cup stadium guide: The full list of venues World Cup 2026 fixtures: Day by day Location: Fair Park, Dallas, 3809 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75210HoustonAlso open from the start of World Cup 2026 to the end with the exception of rest days, NRG Stadium's nearest fan zone will be at the not-at-all-confusing address of Dallas Street in Downtown Houston.Location: 2301 Dallas St, Houston, TX 77003Kansas CityFan Festival Kansas City will be open for 18 days between June 11 and July 11. Set in a huge green space south of downtown, the National WWI Memorial is around 20 minutes by road from Arrowhead Stadium.Location: The National WWI Museum and Memorial, 2 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, MO 64108Los AngelesOpen for just the first five days of World Cup 2026, the official fan zone in Los Angeles is a stadium-based affair at the city's famous Memorial Coliseum. Just eight miles from SoFi Stadium, the Coliseum is located in the Exposition Park of southern LA.Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, 3911 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90037MiamiIf you're heading to World Cup 2026 for the glamour of it all, Miami's fan zone might be the place. Bayfront Park, around 15 miles from Hard Rock Stadium, lives up to its name. It will welcome World Cup fans from June 13 to July 5.Location: Bayfront Park, 301 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132New York/New JerseyDetails of the Fan Festival in the New York metropolitan area are yet to be confirmed. The local matches will be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and include the World Cup 2026 final.PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia's fan zone will be open for 39 days in total across the entire span of World Cup 2026. Located eight miles north from Lincoln Financial Field, Fan Festival Philadelphia will be based at Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park.Location: Lemon Hill Park, Morris St, 1 Lemon Hill Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19130SeattleNo details of an official fan zone in Seattle have yet been confirmed. Matches will be played at Lumen Field.San FranciscoNo details of an official fan zone in San Francisco have yet been confirmed. Levi's Stadium is the city's World Cup venue.CanadaTorontoFans making their way to Toronto for matches at BMO Field this summer will congregate within walking distance of downtown at the Fort York National Historic Site, where they will be treated to 'the world in a city' according to the Fan Festival bumph.Location: 250 Fort York Blvd, Toronto, ON M5V 3K9VancouverVancouver's World Cup 2026 matches will be played at BC Place, just a few blocks from downtown but rather further from the Fan Festival location along the harbour at Hastings Park. There, a new 10,000-capacity amphitheatre will offer free general admission for the duration of the World Cup.Location: 2901 E Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V5K 5J1, CanadaMexicoGuadalajaraNo dates have yet been announced for Fan Festival Guadalajara, which will be based around half an hour due east of Zapopan's Estadio Akron in the Guadalajara district of Zona Centro.Location: C. Pedro Loza 27A, Zona Centro, 44100 Guadalajara, Jal.Mexico CityThe iconic Estadio Azteca will host World Cup matches for a record third time and Mexico City promises a Fan Festival to do it justice. Zocalo is the main square in the centre of Mexico City, a long distance from the Azteca but open to fans for the duration of the World Cup.Location: Zocalo de la Ciudad de Mexico (Plaza de la Constitucion, Centro Historico, C.P. 06000)MonterreyLocated in Monterrey's Parque Fundidora, the nearest fan zone to Estadio BBVA will offer match screening and entertainment at a historical location just the other side of central Guadalupe.Location: Parque Fundidora (Av. Fundidora and Adolfo Prieto S/N, Monterrey, N.L.)TOPICSWorld CupWorld Cup 2026Chris NeeChris is a Warwickshire-based freelance football writer specialising in West Midlands football, the Premier League, the EFL and the J.League. He is the author of the High Protein Beef Paste football newsletter and owner of Aston Villa Review. He supports Coventry Sphinx.
