After snapping a 40-year drought without a\u00a0FIFA World Cup knockout victory,<\/a> Mexico will face England on Sunday night in a Round of 16 matchup that is expected to pack bars and venues across Houston with El Tri fans.<\/p>\nAt Houston’s FIFA Fan Festival alone, thousands of fans have already gathered to cheer on Mexico, creating a sea of dark green jerseys accented with flashes of red.<\/p>\n
However, FIFA\u2019s Fan Festival will not be the only venue hosting a watch party for the Mexico vs. England game. Other venues include Houston\u2019s Shell Energy Stadium and several bars, set to offer live music, food and drink specials.<\/p>\n
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Here\u2019s what to know about watch parties for the Sunday night game.<\/p>\n
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Mostly Mexico fans show up for a World Cup watch party with Mexico and Ecuador at Shell Stadium in Houston on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Shell Energy Stadium watch party<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Houston Dynamo FC announced it would be hosting a free watch party at Shell Energy Stadium in EaDo for Sunday\u2019s game. For Mexico\u2019s match against South Korea, the stadium saw more than 20,000 El Tri fans. Even more fans are expected at the stadium this weekend.<\/p>\n
Fans can claim their free ticket on the Houston Dynamo\u2019s website and upgrade their seats for a price of up to $50.<\/p>\n
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Mexico fans including Ivan Sullivan from Pasedena, Texas, center, celebrate Mexico\u2019s first goal against Ecuador during a watch party at Shell Stadium in Houston on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n
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Free food and drink deals at Gagootz<\/p>\n
One of the deals being offered during the Mexico game is at a bar in Northside Houston: Gagootz off 5903 Fulton Street. For its last watch party for Mexico vs. Ecuador, the bar offered free wings for anyone who purchased a drink.<\/p>\n
The bar is expected to have similar specials this Sunday before kickoff at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
DJ sets at The Flat in Montrose<\/p>\n
The Flat has been hosting watch parties for every World Cup game since the global event kicked off in June. The bar off 1701 Commonwealth Street will offer drink specials while showing the game, with DJs spinning vinyl after the match.<\/p>\n
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Several bars offering drink specials while showing the game.<\/p>\n
There are several neighborhood bars across the city that will be offering drink specials while showing the Mexico game.<\/p>\n
Axelrad<\/p>\n
After hosting a watch party for Mexico\u2019s game against Ecuador, Axelrad in Third Ward is expected to host another watch party for Round 16. It is free for everyone to attend.<\/p>\n
Trash Panda Drinking Club<\/p>\n
Trash Panda Drinking Club in Northside has hosted the Mexico and USA game in the past and is expected to return Sunday with drink specials, though management had warned customers that space is limited.<\/p>\n
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Eight Row Flint<\/p>\n
Eight Row Flint\u2019s East End location will be hosting a watch party with a feature menu for July, though details were not given on its Instagram post.<\/p>\n
The Secret Group<\/p>\n
For those that want to avoid the crowd at FIFA Fan Fest, The Secret Group nearby will also be showing the Mexico game and will be offering drink specials.<\/p>\n
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D&T Drive Inn<\/p>\n
The neighborhood bar in the Heights has been showing each World Cup game with sound on and will be showing the Mexico game.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mexico fans react as their team takes on Ecuador during a World Cup match at Shell Stadium in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-358735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358735","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=358735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}