The World Cup will host eight games at MetLife Stadium<\/a>, which is being branded as New York New Jersey Stadium for the event. MetLife Stadium is in East Rutherford, New Jersey, right outside of the city.<\/p>\nOver 1.2 million fans are expected to be in the area for the games, meaning New York City has to plan accordingly for the event, too.<\/p>\n
The games will take place in the region for over a month, with the schedule as follows, according to the\u00a0stadium:<\/p>\n
June 13: Brazil vs. MoroccoJune 16: France vs. SenegalJune 22: Norway vs. SenegalJune 25: Ecuador vs. GermanyJune 27: Panama vs. EnglandJune 30: Round of 32July 5: Round of 16July 19: FinalFree World Cup events in NYC this summer<\/p>\n
Mamdani, alongside the governor and FIFA’s NYNJ committee, announced plans to host one event in each borough for the World Cup.<\/p>\n
Here is the schedule for official events, spanning all month, according to the mayor’s office:<\/p>\n
Queens: The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows will serve as the NYNJ World Cup 26 Queens Group Stage HQ, featuring match viewings and other programming from June 11 through June 27Brooklyn: Brooklyn Bridge Park will host its own World Cup fan zone from June 13 through July 19, featuring match viewings and other programmingManhattan: Rockefeller Center will have a NYNJ World Cup 26 & Telemundo Fan Village from July 6 to 19The Bronx: Bronx Terminal Market will host a fan zone from June 13 to 14, featuring cultural programming and match watchingStaten Island: Staten Island University Hospital Community Park will host a fan zone with match viewing and other programming from June 29 to July 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 28, 2026, 4:30 p.m. ET Free FIFA World Cup events are coming\u00a0to all five boroughs this summer.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[927,9,1683,56,63,65,64,8463,1138,2331,1050,15446,1004,1331,1334,1145,3710,690,1682,1680,1328,7001,949,1043,682],"class_list":["post-213471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-accessmetered","tag-new-york","tag-newton","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-sstsnewsnew-york","tag-sstsnnew-york","tag-tagevents-listings","tag-taggovernment","tag-taginternational-sports-competitions","tag-tagkathy-hochul","tag-taglive-sporting-events","tag-taglocal-affiliate-arts-entertainment","tag-taglocal-news","tag-tagmetlife-stadium","tag-tagnew-york","tag-tagnj-content-sharing-morristown","tag-tagnj-content-sharing-north-jersey","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsoccer","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagzohran-mamdani","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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