{"id":122387,"date":"2026-01-14T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/122387\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T05:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:00:07","slug":"north-texas-prepares-for-major-world-cup-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/122387\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas prepares for major World Cup operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/video\/fifa-sets-up-in-downtown-dallas-ahead-of-world-cup-preparations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">North Texas FIFA World Cup<\/a> organizers say this week will bring the first visible signs of activity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tomorrow is a very big day for us,&#8221; organizer Monica Paul said. &#8220;The move-in for the International Broadcast Center for the World Cup begins. So, they will start moving in a lot of trucks, a lot of building out will take place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like we&#8217;re ready for this,&#8221; organizer Dan Hunt said. &#8220;I mean, this city has been built for this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of media arriving soon<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say that by mid-May, 3,500 broadcasters, media, and staff are expected to arrive at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/north-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation planning will involve coordination across multiple cities and agencies, as millions of fans are expected to move across the region once the tournament begins.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A large stakeholder group has been taking shape to put this transportation plan together,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;Our last mobility plan is due to FIFA at the end of March.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Security effort spans all levels<\/p>\n<p>Safety and security will involve local, state, and federal partners.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are working with the White House Task Force for the World Cup,&#8221; Paul said. &#8220;It was set up specifically to be our federal government liaison with the host cities to address any concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say they want to ensure international visitors feel welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Fan festival to anchor celebrations<\/p>\n<p>For fans without tickets, Fair Park will host the FIFA Fan Festival, a large-scale viewing and entertainment experience during the tournament. The full schedule is expected to be released next month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the good fortune we have here, Dallas Stadium will have nine matches which is over 700,000 tickets,&#8221; Hunt said. &#8220;Fan fest down in Fair Park should do double that. Almost 1.5 million visitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What I&#8217;m excited about is our Fan Fest is estimated to be free to the public and that excites me because everyone who does not have a ticket can also benefit from the energy of celebrating the World Cup,&#8221; organizer Nina Vaca said.<\/p>\n<p>Long\u2011term goals beyond the tournament<\/p>\n<p>With a projected $2.1 billion economic impact, organizers say the broader goal is to grow the game of soccer in North Texas long after the final match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Texas FIFA World Cup organizers say this week will bring the first visible signs of activity. &#8220;Tomorrow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[150,102,430,27,29,28,3692],"class_list":{"0":"post-122387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-arlington","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-north-texas","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-texas-headlines","13":"tag-texas-news","14":"tag-world-cup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}