{"id":221519,"date":"2026-06-17T18:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221519\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:06:31","slug":"fashion-district-opens-new-lounge-area-in-honor-of-philly-hosting-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/221519\/","title":{"rendered":"Fashion District opens new lounge area in honor of Philly hosting World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tourists, soccer fans and weary shoppers now have a new place to hang out, eat their lunch or just get a break from the heat in Center City after the Fashion District opened a lounge in honor of Philadelphia hosting the World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Fika Fan Lounge is located just inside the mall&#8217;s entrance at 9th and Market streets. It includes sofas and soft chairs, tables and a children&#8217;s play area.\u00a0The rest area was developed in partnership with Ikea, which supplied the furniture for the free public space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillyvoice.com\/world-cup-visitors-lemon-hill-lincoln-financial-field\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By the numbers: City touts attendance totals and preparedness for World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Fika Fan Lounge is open during the mall&#8217;s operating hours \u2014 Monday through Thursday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sundays noon-6 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given our location next to the region\u2019s primary transit hub and just blocks from Independence Hall, it\u2019s a natural gathering place for fans, visitors, and residents to come together, take a break and enjoy the energy surrounding the tournament,&#8221; Yoanna Peralta, a marketing manager for the Fashion District, said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lounge is named after the Swedish word Fika, which is a daily coffee break that often involves a drink and something sweet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A representative from the Fashion District did not immediately return a request for comment on how long the lounge will be available. The final FIFA match in Philadelphia will be on July 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look inside:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"richtext-image full-width\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fika_lounge_2.width-704.jpg\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" alt=\"fika lounge 2\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"richtext-image full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fika_lounge_2.width-704.jpg\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" alt=\"fika lounge 2\"\/>Michaela Althouse\/PhillyVoice<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-image-caption\">The new Fika Fan Lounge in the Fashion District mall.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"richtext-image full-width\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fika_lounge_3.width-704.jpg\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" alt=\"fika lounge 3\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"richtext-image full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fika_lounge_3.width-704.jpg\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" alt=\"fika lounge 3\"\/>Michaela Althouse\/PhillyVoice<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-image-caption\">One of the seating area&#8217;s in the lounge.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"richtext-image full-width\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fika_lounge_4.width-704.jpg\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" alt=\"fika lounge 4\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"richtext-image full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fika_lounge_4.width-704.jpg\" width=\"704\" height=\"528\" alt=\"fika lounge 4\"\/>Michaela Althouse\/PhillyVoice<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-image-caption\">The new children&#8217;s play area in the Fashion District.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tourists, soccer fans and weary shoppers now have a new place to hang out, eat their lunch or&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":221520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[68244,2233,69,71,70,10326,2236],"class_list":["post-221519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-fashion-district-philadelphia","tag-fifa","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-recreation","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221519","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=221519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}