{"id":301391,"date":"2026-07-21T01:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T01:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/301391\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T01:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T01:47:15","slug":"brooklyn-gathers-for-the-world-cup-final-with-viewing-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/301391\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn gathers for the World Cup final with viewing parties"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI have to say I\u2019ve seen 10 World Cups, and this one was fantastic.\u201d he said. \u201cA lot of it is that the times of the games were perfect for our business. We had the 3 p.m. game, the 6 p.m. game, so the times helped. Four years ago, the games were in Qatar and some of the games were at 8 a.m. A lot of the times really suited our business in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Soccer<\/a>Soccer Tavern, which has been in Sunset Park since 1929, hosted several World Cup viewing parties, including the final on July 19, where Spain came out victorious. Photo: Soccer Tavern<\/p>\n

The neighborhood may have changed over the years, but the passion remains.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in Brooklyn Chinatown, but it\u2019s all good as we\u2019ve got a lot of Asian friends and a great mixture of people coming,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to the bar\u2019s website, the neighborhood was once packed with Norwegian and Scandinavian businesses, donning the nickname \u201cLapskaus Boulevard.\u201d Due to a wave of immigration in the 1980s and 90s, the neighborhood is now primarily Chinese, providing a melting pot Scandinavian, Irish and Asian culture.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the last 39 days and 104 matches, Soccer Tavern became home to fans from around the world,\u201d the bar\u2019s Facebook page stated to its patrons. \u201cFrom the opening kick to the World Cup Final, every chant, every celebration and every unforgettable moment was made even better because of you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTo everyone who walked through our doors, shared a pint, cheered for your country and made this tournament one to remember \u2014 thank you,\u201d the post continued. \u201cYour incredible support, energy and passion turned our neighborhood tavern into something truly special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bay Ridge also hosted viewing parties at places like Salty Dog, Las Margaritas, The Healing Bean Cafe and The Pour House.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday, while writing in a Lebanese cafe in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, I noticed many people glued to the TV,\u201d said local Josh Pesin. \u201cThey were watching the World Cup Final. I left the cafe and began to drive. I passed by an American sports bar with people out the door, all watching the final with excitement. I saw a Mexican restaurant full of soccer fans, all cheering as Spain played Argentina.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, I thought about the same fervor happening with two billion people around the world,\u201d he continued. \u201cThere is nothing as uniting as World Cup Soccer, not football, not baseball, not even the Olympics. The universality and simplicity of using one\u2019s body to run and kick a ball around help make soccer the world\u2019s favorite sport.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI have to say I\u2019ve seen 10 World Cups, and this one was fantastic.\u201d he said. \u201cA lot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,1882,11015,9,24,63,8368,400,319,14771],"class_list":["post-301391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-community","tag-fifa","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-parties","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301391","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=301391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}