Governor Shapiro and Philadelphia Soccer announced fan zones in Scranton, Pittsburgh, and Reading for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
SCRANTON, Pa. \u2014 Soccer fans across Pennsylvania won’t have to go far to experience the excitement of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
Governor Shapiro joined Philadelphia Soccer on Thursday to announce three free Fan Zones across the state where folks can come together for watch parties, live entertainment, and more, including the Electric City.<\/p>\n
The Fan Zones will be located in the following cities:<\/p>\n
Scranton: Courthouse Square, N. Washington Avenue & Linden Street<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Football Stadium, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/p>\n
Reading: Reading Arena, a downtown multi-purpose arena<\/p>\n
Each Fan Zone will be free, open to the public, and will offer large-screen broadcasts of FIFA World Cup 2026 Knockout Round matches from July 3 to July 19, with live entertainment, interactive fan experiences, and local food and beverages.<\/p>\n
Each location\u2019s schedule and hours of operation can be found below.<\/p>\n
\nScranton Fan Zone:\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Lackawanna County Courthouse Square, N. Washington Avenue & Linden Street, Scranton, PA<\/p>\n
Saturday, July 4, 11 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
1 p.m: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
5 p.m: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
Sunday, July 5, 2 p.m. \u2013 9 p.m.<\/p>\n
4 p.m: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
8 p.m: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
Monday, July 6, 1 p.m. \u2013 11 p.m.<\/p>\n
3 p.m: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
8 p.m: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
Saturday, July 18, 3 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
5 p.m: World Cup Bronze Final<\/p>\n
Sunday, July 19, 2 p.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nReading Fan Zone:\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Reading Arena (Santander Arena) 700 Penn Street, Reading, PA<\/p>\n
Friday, July 3, Noon \u2013 11:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
2 p.m.: Round of 32 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
6 p.m.: Round of 32 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
9:30 p.m.: Round of 32 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
Saturday, July 4, 11 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
1 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
5 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
Saturday, July 18, 3 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n
5 p.m.: World Cup Bronze Final<\/p>\n
Sunday, July 19, 2 p.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
\nPittsburgh Fan Zone:\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Football Stadium (Acrisure Stadium) 100 Art Rooney Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA<\/p>\n
Saturday, July 4, 11 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
1 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
5 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
Sunday, July 5, 2 p.m. \u2013 9 p.m.<\/p>\n
4 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
8 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
Thursday, July 9, 2 p.m. \u2013 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
4 p.m.: Quarterfinal Match<\/p>\n
Sunday, July 19, 2 p.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Governor Shapiro and Philadelphia Soccer announced fan zones in Scranton, Pittsburgh, and Reading for the 2026 FIFA World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-149216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}