{"id":360710,"date":"2026-07-04T04:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360710\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T04:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T04:28:23","slug":"thousands-of-fifa-fans-expected-at-world-cup-fan-walks-causing-street-closures-near-nrg-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/360710\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of FIFA fans expected at World Cup Fan Walks, causing street closures near NRG Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FIFA Fan Fest in Houston opens on Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo\/Karen Warren) (Karen Warren,  Copyright 2026. The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 If you\u2019re planning to visit downtown Houston on Saturday morning, be prepared for traffic delays as several streets will be closed for two World Cup Fan Walks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The fan walks will affect traffic near Houston Stadium (NRG Stadium) and south of the Texas Medical Center from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The following streets are expected to be heavily impacted as thousands of Team Canada and Team Morocco fans gather ahead of the Round of 16 match at Houston Stadium:<\/p>\n<p>Fannin Street, between Old Spanish Trail and Houston Stadium<\/p>\n<p>Greenbriar Drive, between Old Spanish Trail and Fannin Street<\/p>\n<p>Northbound Fannin Street, from the Interstate 610 South Loop south frontage road to Houston Stadium<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Drivers traveling through the area are encouraged to plan ahead and use alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorBrittany Taylor headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/3TMX3YN53ZCG7B7DUW4BCA3LAA\/\" title=\"View Brittany Taylor&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brittany Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Award-winning journalist, mother, YouTuber, social media guru, millennial, mentor, storyteller, University of Houston alumna and Houston-native.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The FIFA Fan Fest in Houston opens on Thursday, June 11, 2026. (AP Photo\/Karen Warren) (Karen Warren, Copyright&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[128091,56,58,57,223,272,3692,128092],"class_list":["post-360710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-fifa-fans","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-news","tag-traffic","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-fan-walks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360710","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=360710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}