{"id":356328,"date":"2026-06-30T21:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/356328\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T21:42:12","slug":"arlington-unveils-community-mini-pitch-at-george-stevens-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/356328\/","title":{"rendered":"Arlington unveils community &#8216;mini-pitch&#8217; at George Stevens Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA fever continues in Arlington, which has hosted five World Cup matches so far at &#8216;Dallas Stadium&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>ARLINGTON, Texas \u2014 As World Cup fever sweeps across North Texas, Arlington is making sure the excitement leaves something lasting behind.<\/p>\n<p>The city unveiled a new mini-pitch at George Stevens Park Monday, a compact, multi-use recreational space designed to make soccer and play accessible to everyone in the community.<\/p>\n<p>The mini-pitch was donated as part of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Legacy initiative by the North Texas FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee, with support from Host City Sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c645635b-8fef-4ad5-852b-ee3380f9e73c_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Arlington deserves great parks and recreational opportunities, full stop,&#8221; said Mayor Jim Ross. &#8220;The same pride we&#8217;re putting on display for the globe this summer belongs to this neighborhood, to these families, and to these kids every day of the year.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FIFA fever continues in Arlington, which has hosted five World Cup matches so far at &#8216;Dallas Stadium&#8217; ARLINGTON,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-356328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356328","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=356328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}