{"id":802554,"date":"2026-07-15T01:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802554\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T01:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T01:58:10","slug":"science-world-to-remain-wrapped-as-giant-soccer-ball-until-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/802554\/","title":{"rendered":"Science World to remain wrapped as giant soccer ball until September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/marriott-downtown-supported-by-1-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"322\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>No matter who you\u2019re cheering for, experience the FIFA World Cup at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vancouvermarriottpinnacledowntown.realtimereservation.com\/services\/game-day-happenings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel<\/a>\u00a0with game-day events, fan celebrations, extended happy hour specials, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Even though there are no more World Cup games left to be played in the city, Vancouver\u2019s giant soccer ball is sticking around for a little while longer.<\/p>\n<p>Due to \u201coverwhelming support,\u201d Science World has announced that The Beautiful Dome will remain in place on its iconic geodesic dome until September 7th.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Beautiful Dome started as an ambitious dream and became one of the defining images of the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122. We are thrilled to see it being shared by news outlets around the world and in countless social media posts,\u201d said said Rob Hollingsworth, Senior Director, Commercial Sales &amp; Partnerships at Science World.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe transformation of Science World\u2019s iconic dome into the Trionda\u2122, the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122Official Match Ball, was no small engineering feat. Each of the 131 panels had to be custom-created and installed to create a 360-degree, 40-metre-diameter re-creation of the ball. We\u2019re thankful for all our partners in bringing this to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Installation started in early May and took roughly one month to complete.<\/p>\n<p>The extension aligns with the closing date of Science World\u2019s feature exhibition, Soccer &amp; Technology from the FIFA Museum. The exhibit takes fans behind the scenes of the beautiful game, highlighting how innovation and technology continue to shape the evolution of soccer.<\/p>\n<p>More local news:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No matter who you\u2019re cheering for, experience the FIFA World Cup at\u00a0Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown Hotel\u00a0with game-day events,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-802554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802554","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=802554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}