(Photo Provided with Release from Visit PA)<\/p>\n
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News<\/p>\n
(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from VisitPA in Philadelphia, Governor Josh Shapiro and Visit PA, in partnership with Philadelphia Soccer 2026: the 501(c)(3) nonprofit local host committee planning and executing FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 matches in Philadelphia, announced yesterday the official locations of three \u201cPennsylvania World Cup Fan Zones,\u201d which will bring the electricity of the world\u2019s biggest sporting event to communities across the Commonwealth. These fan zones, which are championed by Governor Josh Shapiro to ensure that every Pennsylvanian can experience the wonder of FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122, will be located in Pittsburgh, Reading, and Scranton to bring free, world-class public viewing events to tens of thousands of fans.<\/p>\n
The Fan Zones locations, dates and hours of operation are as follows:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pittsburgh \u2014 Acrisure Stadium, the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers
\u2022 Reading \u2014 Reading Arena, which is a downtown multi-purpose arena
\u2022 Scranton \u2014 Lackawanna County Courthouse Square, which is an iconic outdoor park in the heart of downtown Scranton<\/p>\n
HOURS OF OPERATION:
PITTSBURGH FAN ZONE
Pittsburgh Football Stadium (Acrisure Stadium)
100 Art Rooney Avenue
Fan Zone Events
Saturday, July 4th, 11 a.m.\u2013 6 p.m.
1 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match
5 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match
Sunday, July 5th, 2 p.m. \u2013 9 p.m.
4 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
8 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match
Thursday, July 9th, 2 p.m. \u2013 7 p.m.
4 p.m.: Quarterfinal Match
Sunday, July 19th, 2 p.m. \u2013 6 p.m.
3 p.m.: World Cup Final<\/p>\n
READING FAN ZONE
Reading Arena (Santander Arena)
700 Penn Street, Reading
Fan Zone Events
Friday, July 3rd, noon \u2013 11:30 p.m.
2 p.m.: Round of 32 Knockout Match
6 p.m.: Round of 32 Knockout Match
9:30 p.m.: Round of 32 Knockout Match
Saturday, July 4th, 11 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.
1 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match
5 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match
Saturday, July 18th, 3 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m.
5 p.m.: World Cup Bronze Final
Sunday, July 19th, 2 p.m. \u2013 6 p.m.
3 p.m.: World Cup Final<\/p>\n
SCRANTON FAN ZONE
Lackawanna County Courthouse Square
North Washington Avenue & Linden Street, Scranton
Fan Zone Events
Saturday, July 4th, 11 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.
1 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match<\/p>\n
5 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match
Sunday, July 5, 2 p.m. \u2013 9 p.m.
4 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match
8 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match
Monday, July 6th, 1 pm \u2013 11 pm
3 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match
8 p.m.: Round of 16 Knockout Match
Saturday, July 18th, 3 p.m. \u2013 8 p.m.
5 p.m.: World Cup Bronze Final
Sunday, July 19th, 2 p.m. \u2013 6 p.m.
3 p.m.: World Cup Final<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Photo Provided with Release from Visit PA) Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News (Pittsburgh, PA) According to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-151434","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\/151434","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=151434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}