{"id":328086,"date":"2026-06-08T21:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/328086\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T21:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:09:08","slug":"international-media-begin-arriving-in-north-texas-for-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/328086\/","title":{"rendered":"International media begin arriving in North Texas for FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">DALLAS &#8211; Media members who have already arrived in North Texas say they&#8217;re looking forward to BBQ and more while covering their country in the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p> International media members arrive in North Texas   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Monday was the first day members of the media could pick up their credentials to enter Dallas Stadium and the International Broadcast Center.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The IBC, which is located at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Downtown Dallas, also houses a center for media members to cover local matches.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/v-dial-international-media-in-north-texas-4p_00.00.12.20.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">International Broadcast Center at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;The people who love soccer like us, it&#8217;s a dream come true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Several media members who FOX 4&#8217;s Steven Dial spoke to on Monday said this was their first time in Texas or the United States.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;To me, the IBC is ridiculous. It&#8217;s huge. I&#8217;ve never seen something like that. I&#8217;ve been to other World Cups, but nothing like this,&#8221; Edward Castillo, a soccer reporter from Costa Rica, told Dial.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Castillo covered Sunday&#8217;s Rangers game in Arlington, and has also already visited the Stockyards in Fort Worth and tried out Lockhart Smokehouse BBQ in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Gary Lau and Mishy Lee arrived in North Texas from Hong Kong, where they cover soccer for NowSports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">They both pointed towards Texas BBQ as something they&#8217;re excited about trying while in North Texas.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;I am starving, I am looking for some good restaurants, so I will be asking for your opinion!&#8221; Lau joked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Lee also said they&#8217;re looking for American sports jerseys while in town.<\/p>\n<p>Media members from Hong Kong <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Other journalists who Dial spoke to mentioned visiting Dealey Plaza in Dallas to see the site where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The 2026 FIFA World Cup officially begins on Thursday, June 11, when Mexico and South Africa play at 2 p.m. CT at Mexico City Stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The first of nine matches in North Texas will be on Sunday, June 14, when the Netherlands and Japan play at Dallas Stadium at 3 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story comes from FIFA and FOX 4 reporting.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/world-cup\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS &#8211; Media members who have already arrived in North Texas say they&#8217;re looking forward to BBQ and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[223,27,29,28,3692],"class_list":["post-328086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-news","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328086","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=328086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}