After more than five weeks of nonstop soccer, the World Cup is coming to a close this weekend as Argentina and Spain face off in the World Cup final Sunday.<\/p>\n
While the two sides San Antonians most often back\u00a0\u2014 Mexico and the United States\u00a0\u2014 bowed out in the Round of 16, Sunday afternoon marks the last chance for another four years to take in the biggest sporting event on the planet with a crowd. And there are plenty of places in the city to do so.<\/p>\n
The final has all the makings of a good one. It\u2019s almost certainly Lionel Messi\u2019s final World Cup game, and he\u2019s taking on a Spanish team that features 19-year-old phenom Lamine Yamal, who looks like he could be up next as soccer\u2019s global superstar.<\/p>\n
The Pearl:\u00a0The shopping and culinary district just north of downtown has been a hotbed of World Cup activity since the tournament started<\/a>. Sunday\u2019s final is being shown on the big screen at Pearl Park\u00a0\u2014 bring your own chair. For fans looking to escape the boiling sun, it\u2019s also playing indoors at Stable Hall, Boiler House and Sternewirth. Or, for an outdoor bar vibe, check out Otto\u2019s Ice House.<\/p>\n The Rock at La Cantera:\u00a0FIFA\u2019s official watch parties in San Antonio have often taken place at The Rock. Sunday\u2019s event<\/a> starts at 1 p.m. for the 2 p.m. kickoff. Outside food isn\u2019t allowed, but food will be available for purchase. Portable chairs and blankets are allowed. People interested in going can RSVP in advance online<\/a>.<\/p>\n Local bars:\u00a0Of course, most local sports bars will be showing the game. Popular options include the Friendly Spot Ice House, McIntyre\u2019s in Southtown and near North Star Mall, River North Ice House, Broadway 5050, Stout House Grayson and La Gloria. But the easiest option is probably your local watering hole.<\/p>\n There\u2019s nothing wrong with watching the game at home, either.<\/p>\n The game starts at 2 p.m. and is airing on Fox and Telemundo. The Spanish-language broadcast can be streamed on Peacock. The Fox broadcast is available on YouTube TV or with a Fox One subscription.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than five weeks of nonstop soccer, the World Cup is coming to a close this weekend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-378685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378685","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=378685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}