World Cup 2026 fan zones: Where to watch World Cup matches across the host nations

The 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.

World Cup 2026 fan zones in the United States, Canada and Mexico

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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 States

Atlanta

Located 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 30303

Boston

Gillette 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 02203

Dallas

Fan 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.

Location: Fair Park, Dallas, 3809 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75210

Houston

Also 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 77003

Kansas City

Fan 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 64108

Los Angeles

Open 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 90037

Miami

If 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 33132

New York/New Jersey

Details 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.

Philadelphia

Philadelphia'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 19130

Seattle

No details of an official fan zone in Seattle have yet been confirmed. Matches will be played at Lumen Field.

San Francisco

No details of an official fan zone in San Francisco have yet been confirmed. Levi's Stadium is the city's World Cup venue.

Canada

Toronto

Fans 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 3K9

Vancouver

Vancouver'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, Canada

Mexico

Guadalajara

No 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 City

The 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)

Monterrey

Located 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.)