The city had planned two Fan Zones<\/a> and added a third in South Surrey. All sites will be activated simultaneously on July days\/nights, and additional locations may be announced before the start of the 48-team tournament.<\/p>\nLocke called the Fan Zones \u201cfree, safe and welcoming spaces where families can come together to enjoy\u201d the FIFA action. \u201cBy providing these accessible, no-cost events, we\u2019re helping families enjoy the games, cheer on their favourite teams, and make summer memories together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The goal in Surrey is to \u201cbuild excitement before, during and after matches,\u201d 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on activation days, according to event details found in Request for Proposals for Audio\/Video Staging documents on the city\u2019s website, surrey.ca. Bids are due by 3 p.m. March 4.<\/p>\n
Other World Cup watch-party sites will set up elsewhere in Metro Vancouver, including the PNE\u2019s new amphtitheatre.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think of the World Cup as a celebration of the fans from all over the world,\u201d former soccer pro Carl Valentine said Tuesday at Surrey City Hall. \u201cThey come to celebrate the game, the biggest event in the world, and they\u2019re coming to our city to celebrate with us. These fan zones, they\u2019re going to be epic. \u2026 Do what you can to get out, embrace it. It\u2019s going to be safe, it\u2019s going to be wonderful to be around.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2026 FIFA tournament will see 104 matches played in 16 cities in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, including seven matches in Vancouver. Qatar will play Canada in BC Place Stadium on June 18, and Switzerland takes on the home squad six days later, among other matches there.<\/p>\n
Meantime, the City of Surrey has submitted an official response to Canada Soccer\u2019s request to explore potential locations for a national training centre, described as a \u201ccornerstone legacy project\u201d of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
Four sites in Surrey are pitched as possible locations for the training centre, which would support national teams, athlete development, coach and referee education, sports science and community programming.<\/p>\n
\u201cSurrey is a natural fit for this kind of world-class facility,\u201d Locke said in a news release. \u201cWe have one of the youngest and fastest-growing populations in the country, strong soccer programs, transportation links and a commitment to sport development. We look forward to sharing these strengths with Canada Soccer to show what our city can offer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surrey Soccer Fan Zones at 3 sites during World Cup tournament Published 2:40 pm Tuesday, March 3, 2026…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":{"0":"post-513794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-surrey","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-surrey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}