Following Tuesday\u2019s violence, Sunday\u2019s Mexico-England watch party might not happen at San Pedro Square; the Mayor\u2019s Office said it is looking at different locations to host it.<\/p>\n
The crowd at Thursday\u2019s Portugal-Croatia watch party at San Pedro Square was smaller than Tuesday\u2019s Mexico\u2019s watch party.<\/p>\n
Officials say about 40,000 people filled San Pedro Square for that match. After the game, the celebration turned chaotic.<\/p>\n
Video shows police ordering the crowd to disperse. Two people were stabbed; a number of others were arrested.<\/p>\n
San Jose police said a majority of the people celebrated responsibly, but a large number did not.<\/p>\n
The next big test comes Sunday, and this time, it may not be at San Pedro Square.<\/p>\n
The mayor’s office tells NBC Bay Area it’s now exploring a different location for the official watch party. Details are expected Friday.<\/p>\n
People said they hope the city can find a way to keep the energy while keeping everyone safe.<\/p>\n
“I think for the most part, the vibes were positive, just seeing a ton of people together, being friendly for the most part, has been really good,\u201d San Jose resident Sterling said.<\/p>\n
“I think it was definitely the right amount of people, I feel like a lot more people wanted to come, so if somehow we can get everybody together safely, because we don\u2019t want too many people crowded,\u201d San Jose resident Miguel said.<\/p>\n
Whether the watch party stays downtown or moves somewhere else, businesses say they expect Mexico fans to show up in huge numbers.<\/p>\n
The World Cup has been a huge boost for downtown, and they expect this weekend to be no different.<\/p>\n
Colombia plays Friday night, and that watch party is still expected to be hosted at San Pedro Square.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following Tuesday\u2019s violence, Sunday\u2019s Mexico-England watch party might not happen at San Pedro Square; the Mayor\u2019s Office said…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[15392,88,90,89,5393],"class_list":["post-384703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384703","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=384703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}