{"id":336713,"date":"2026-06-15T06:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336713\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T06:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:36:14","slug":"fans-pack-sundance-square-for-world-cup-kickoff-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/336713\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans pack Sundance Square for World Cup kickoff in Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/yosonz-lib\/brzlp.html?lpname=fortworth-world-cup\">2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> kicked off its first game in Arlington on Sunday, and hundreds of fans packed Sundance Square in Fort Worth to watch as the Netherlands and Japan battled.<\/p>\n<p>Some Dutch and Japanese fans were in attendance, but mostly neutral fans were watching. Many fans, including Emanuel Luna, said they wanted to come for the experience.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1183.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" title=\"IMG_1183.jpeg\" alt=\"Fans gather in Sundance Square for a World Cup watch party during the Japan-Netherlands game on Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Fort Worth.\"\/>                                                                                    Fans gather in Sundance Square for a World Cup watch party during the Japan-Netherlands game on Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Fort Worth.                                                                                            Cal Phillips                                                                            FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to come out to Sundance Square just for the atmosphere for the game,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a dream of mine to go to the World Cup since I was a kid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The square offered two viewing areas, with one screen showing the Fox broadcast in English and another area showing the Telemundo broadcast in Spanish. The square had streets closed off around it, with food trucks parking on the street. Restaurants were still open as well, and the square had live music before the match.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1189.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" title=\"IMG_1189.jpeg\" alt=\"Fans gather in Sundance Square for a World Cup watch party during the Japan-Netherlands game on Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Fort Worth.\"\/>                                                                                    Fans gather in Sundance Square for a World Cup watch party during the Japan-Netherlands game on Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Fort Worth.                                                                                            Cal Phillips                                                                            FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>Sundance Square will continue to show matches throughout the World Cup, including at 11 a.m. Monday when Spain plays Cape Verde.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1190.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" title=\"IMG_1190.jpeg\" alt=\"Fans gather in Sundance Square for a World Cup watch party during the Japan-Netherlands game on Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Fort Worth.\"\/>                                                                                    Fans gather in Sundance Square for a World Cup watch party during the Japan-Netherlands game on Sunday, June 14, 2026, in Fort Worth.                                                                                            Cal Phillips                                                                            FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM                                                                                        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off its first game in Arlington on Sunday, and hundreds of fans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-336713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336713","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=336713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}