{"id":719470,"date":"2026-06-06T18:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/719470\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T18:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T18:14:12","slug":"heres-which-neighbourhoods-torontonians-plan-to-party-in-during-the-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/719470\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s which neighbourhoods Torontonians plan to party in during the FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What to know<\/p>\n<p>FIFA festivities in Toronto begin June 10 with the Countdown Concert at Fort York and The Bentway, featuring performances by Bryan Adams, Nora Fatehi with DJ Sanjoy, Vegedream, and AHI alongside Wyclef Jean.<\/p>\n<p>While Fort York will host the opening celebrations, many residents expect the excitement to spread across the city, with Liberty Village emerging as a top hotspot due to its proximity to Toronto Stadium and BMO Field.<\/p>\n<p>Locals say bars and restaurants in Liberty Village are already seeing increased crowds, with visitors arriving through Exhibition GO Station and some residents renting out their homes for FIFA fans.<\/p>\n<p>Other anticipated fan hubs include downtown near Eaton Centre and Sankofa Square, as well as Harbourfront, where a floating futsal pitch will be open from June 11 to July 19.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto\u2019s first match takes place on June 12 between Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIFA kicking off next week means celebrations across Toronto, and residents told Now Toronto where they expect the hype to be.<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off at Fork York and The Bentway<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FIFA festivities begin on June 10, with the Toronto Countdown Concert stream beginning at 9 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The countdown concert is a multi-city concert to ring in the first games of Canada, the United States and Mexico, with Toronto hosting the first announced Countdown Concert, featuring artists including Bryan Adams, Nora Fatehi with DJ Sanjoy, French singer Vegedream, and a collaboration between AHI and Wyclef Jean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The countdown concert will bring the energy to the Fort York National Historic Site and The Bentway, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.ca\/fifa-countdown-concert-toronto-ontario-06-10-2026\/event\/100064968FE38A72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ticketholders<\/a> expecting to gather for the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Torontonians believe the hype will be across the city<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the hype begins in the Fort York area, some Torontonians believe it won\u2019t stay there, travelling to other neighbourhoods in the city as games continue throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One Toronto resident named Christian believed the party wouldn\u2019t be too far from the newly dubbed Toronto Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c[Liberty] Village, without a doubt, for sure,\u201d he told Now Toronto. \u201cThis is where FIFA is taking place, and they\u2019ve done a really great job with all the stuff around here, so you know it\u2019s a good neighborhood to be in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christian also added the bars in the area will be the place to be as well, noting the vibes of Liberty Village\u2019s Local bar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not going to the game. I wish I could, but no,\u201d he shared. \u201c[But,] I\u2019ll definitely be watching the games in this area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alyssa, another resident, on the other hand said she\u2019s hoping to celebrate in the downtown core.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThink it\u2019s gonna be around Eaton Centre, it\u2019s gonna be all the people who didn\u2019t get the tickets, like me, but we\u2019ll be there for the party,\u2019 she said. I\u2019m gonna be in [Sankofa Square]. I\u2019m hoping they have some live music. Eaton Centre is like one place where you can go, [where] they\u2019re randomly playing dubstep for no reason, so I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although, between the two, Toronto resident Booker agreed with Christian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBMO Field [is] probably a stone\u2019s throw away from [Liberty Village], so there\u2019s no doubt in my mind that this neighborhood will be absolutely crazy for FIFA,\u201d he said. \u201cEven last night, when I was walking back to my apartment, I saw\u2026 probably like 400 people flooding the Local [bar] over there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Booker added that the neighbourhood itself was also beginning to see an increase of traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI saw a whole bunch of people coming out of the GO train station just off of Exhibition,\u201d he shared. \u201cI\u2019ve even seen multiple advertisements for units in my building of people renting out their apartments just for people to stay in for the sake of FIFA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anikin also believed Liberty Village as well as the Harbourfront was where fans should expect the most hype.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re going to have the new inflatable pitch that they have,\u201d the Toronto resident explained, referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/harbourfrontcentre.com\/event\/sport-chek-floating-pitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">a floating futsal pitch<\/a> that will be on the lake from June 11 to July 19. \u201cI\u2019m gonna go there. I\u2019m pretty excited to try it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The countdown concert kicks off festivities on June 10, with the first game in Toronto taking place on June 12 between Team Canada and Team Bosnia and Herzegovina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to know FIFA festivities in Toronto begin June 10 with the Countdown Concert at Fort York and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,12269,14990,239783,3302,260243],"class_list":["post-719470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-exhibition","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-liberty-village","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719470","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=719470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}