{"id":532175,"date":"2026-03-12T20:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532175\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T20:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:43:13","slug":"extra-hour-of-alcohol-service-on-tap-at-bars-in-mississauga-during-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/532175\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra hour of alcohol service on tap at bars in Mississauga during World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mississauga plans to have restaurants and bars serve alcohol to customers for an extra hour every day during FIFA World Cup 2026 action this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Mississauga city council agreed on Wednesday to request that the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario permit licensed local bars and restaurants in Mississauga to extend the hours of alcohol service to 3 a.m. for the duration of the upcoming World Cup \u201cto coincide with late-night match broadcasts and to support local businesses while allowing fans to watch matches together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The five-week FIFA event, held every four years, runs June 11 to July 19 this year and is being co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. Games in Canada will be played in Toronto and Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>The motion adopted by city council, which was introduced by Deputy Mayor and Ward 4 Coun. John Kovac, also asks the AGCO to designate the 2026 FIFA World Cup as \u201can event of national significance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the preamble to his motion, Kovac noted the World Cup brings \u201cexcitement, unity and celebration\u201d to communities around the world. In Mississauga, the deputy mayor added, the city recognizes \u201cthe enthusiasm of our residents and the many local fans who gather to cheer on their favourite teams \u2014 an opportunity for everyone to come together and celebrate this international event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With many of the matches to be held on the west coast in both Canada and the U.S., fans in Mississauga and elsewhere in the east will be watching late-night action into the wee hours in some cases.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773348192_931_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>Last month, the City of Mississauga revealed plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/festival-to-be-moved-so-world-cup-matches-can-be-shown-at-popular-mississauga-venue\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">show 62 World Cup matches on the big screens at Celebration Square<\/a> in the downtown core by city hall.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 32,729 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,256,436 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    1830 VOTES<br \/>\n    Are high gas prices changing your travel routines?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mississauga plans to have restaurants and bars serve alcohol to customers for an extra hour every day during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-532175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532175","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=532175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}