{"id":362126,"date":"2026-07-05T21:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362126\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T21:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T21:49:12","slug":"fifa-fan-fest-in-dallas-paused-due-to-lighting-in-the-area-sunday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/362126\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Fan Fest in Dallas paused due to lighting in the area Sunday evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organizers at the FIFA Fan Fest in Dallas&#8217; Fair Park paused entry on Sunday evening as lightning moved across the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those who were already inside the fest were advised to take shelter under the main stage viewing area or take shelter in their personal cars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Attention FIFA Fan Festival Dallas fans there is lightning in the area. We are temporarily halting entry.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in the venue, please take cover in the Main Stage Viewing Area or exit the festival to shelter in personal vehicles. Please standby for updates. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kAgR9b3j8X\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kAgR9b3j8X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Dallas (@FWC26Dallas) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FWC26Dallas\/status\/2073859160811118851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">July 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Texas was placed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/north-texas-dfw-forecast-weather-7-5-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Severe Thunderstorm Watch<\/a> Sunday afternoon. The watch expires at 10 p.m. Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Organizers at the FIFA Fan Fest in Dallas&#8217; Fair Park paused entry on Sunday evening as lightning moved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,35819,443],"class_list":["post-362126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-lightning","tag-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362126","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=362126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}