{"id":383903,"date":"2026-07-02T18:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/383903\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:09:10","slug":"spark-social-sf-cancels-remaining-world-cup-watch-parties-nbc-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/383903\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark Social SF cancels remaining World Cup watch parties \u2013 NBC Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spark Social SF has canceled all of its remaining World Cup watch parties following a shooting Tuesday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The shooting happened at about 9 p.m. near Mission Bay Boulevard and Fourth Street.<\/p>\n

Video from the scene showed crime tape surrounding Spark Social SF, which had hosted a World Cup watch party earlier in the evening.<\/p>\n

The San Francisco Chronicle reported<\/a> an argument broke out during the final minutes of a DJ set before a man pulled out a gun and opened fire.<\/p>\n

Officers found two people suffering from gunshot wounds. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, both victims were taken to the hospital and are expected to survive. The suspected shooter fled the scene.<\/p>\n

Spark Social SF released the following statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“We are deeply saddened by the violence that occurred near Spark Social SF following Tuesday evening\u2019s World Cup watch party. Our thoughts are with the two individuals who were injured, their families, and everyone affected, including our guests, staff, vendors, neighbors, and the broader soccer community.<\/p>\n

Out of an abundance of caution, Spark Social SF has canceled all remaining public World Cup watch parties for the remainder of the tournament. Our parks remain open for regular business, including dining, reservations, family activities, and scheduled programming, but World Cup games will not be broadcast.<\/p>\n

We are working in conjunction with SFPD, public safety officials, and our security partners as this matter is reviewed. Because this is an active investigation, we will not speculate further. Our focus remains safety, care, and cooperation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spark Social SF has canceled all of its remaining World Cup watch parties following a shooting Tuesday night.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-383903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}