Gear up, World Cup fans.
Six official FIFA World Cup 2026 retail pop-up stores are open in the Los Angeles area ahead of Thursday’s kick-off for the 48-team global soccer tournament.
Stores will open in downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Manhattan Beach and Torrance. The stores offers official FIFA World Cup 2026 merchandise including team jerseys, T-shirts, hoodies, hats, scarves, mascot products, accessories and other memorabilia, according to organizers.
Two locations — on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica and at Manhattan Village in Manhattan Beach — are already open. Additional stores are scheduled to open Monday at The Bloc in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday at Ovation Hollywood in Hollywood, and Friday at both Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles and Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance.
All six locations are expected to remain open through July 31.
Here are the store locations and opening dates.
Hollywood
6801 Hollywood Boulevard
Open
Los Angeles
700 West 77th Street
Open
Los Angeles
301 South Broadway
Open
Manhattan Beach
1200 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 201
Open
Santa Monica
1427 Third Street Promenade, Suite 101
Open
Torrance
3525 West Carson Street
Opens Wednesday
About the 2026 World Cup
The World Cup begins on Thursday with Mexico playing the opener in Mexico City and co-hosts USA and Canada hosting their openers in Los Angeles and Toronto a day later.
The group stage lasts until June 27, then the top two teams in each group along with the eight best third-place finishers will advance to the Round of 32 beginning on June 28.
The remaining winning teams will then play in the Round of 16 starting on July 4. The quarterfinals will be held on July 9, and the semifinals will be July 14 and July 15, leading up to the championship match at MetLife Stadium on July 19.
Venues and kick-off times for all 104 matches in the 48-team field were announced in December before the revealing of which teams will be in the tournament’s unprecedented 12 groups of four.
Andres Cantor picks his teams to look out for at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood is one of the venues that will host the international soccer tournament. The sparkling spaceship-like structure opened in 2020 on the site of the Hollywood Park Racetrack. The stadium has a seating capacity of about 70,000, an artificial surface and a fixed roof.
There are five group stage matches at the stadium in Inglewood and three knockout phase games
June 12: USA v. Paraguay
June 15: Iran v. New Zealand
June 18: Switzerland v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
June 21: Belgium v. Iran
June 25: USA v. Türkiye
June 28: Round of 32 match
July 2: Round of 32 match
July 10: Quarterfinal
Other U.S. host cities are Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Miami, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, Seattle and the Bay Area.
Guadalajara, Mexico City and Monterrey are Mexico’s host cities. Toronto and Vancouver will host matches in Canada.