World Cup 2026

The FIFA Fan Festival will take over Centennial Olympic Park for 16 days during the World Cup, beginning on June 12. General admission for the festival is free, but you need to register in advance for a ticket. Here's how to register and what else you need to know.

This summer, soccer fans from all over the world with converge on Atlanta for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. More than a few of these ultras will be looking to vicariously live out their childhood dream of representing their country on the pitch. But thanks to Georgia Tech, some lucky visitors can replicate the experience of being on a traveling amateur soccer team. Right down to sharing a bathroom.

What is there to do during the FIFA World Cup in Atlanta? A lot. Here's a list of the concerts, watch parties, experiences, and other World Cup-related events we could find. We'll keep updating this list until the games begin.

The FIFA World Cup 2026 Atlanta games kick off on June 15, and while much of the soccer world's attention will be focused on the field at Atlanta Stadium (aka Mercedes-Benz Stadium), visitors to...

Atlanta will host eight games including a semi-final, expecting to draw about 300,000 fans and create what Atlanta World Cup Host Committee Chief Operating Officer Georgia O’Donoghue likened to “eight Super Bowls in 39 days.” Here are some of the ways the city is preparing for the epic event.

Dubbed the "Pop Cup," King of Pops created popsicles themed for 7 of the 9 teams playing in Atlanta's group stage games, as well as a pop for the U.S. Men's National Team. The flavors are inspired by sweets and drinks beloved in each country, and the wrappers will include fun facts about the soccer teams.

When Atlantans gather to volunteer during the FIFA World Cup this summer, they'll do so in style. FIFA recently unveiled the official volunteer uniforms, designed by Adidas, which include vivid colors and special patches for each host city.

When the Atlanta Chiefs began playing in Atlanta in the late 1960s, it wasn't typical to scout players from Africa or keep any statistics other than the final score. Then the Chiefs changed things.

On Thursday, the main players behind the FIFA World Cup’s arrival in Atlanta gathered at Mercedes-Benz Stadium to give a sneak peek into the tournament this summer. Just 95 days out, public and private leadership leading the city’s preparedness repeated a message of assurance: Atlanta is ready.

Atlanta’s World Cup future has finally come into focus with teams now drawn for the group stage. On Friday, hundreds of Atlantans descended on Fadó Irish Pub in Buckhead Village for a party hosted by Atlanta’s World Cup Committee to watch the FIFA Draw announcement at Washington D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Centre, where the qualifying teams were split into four-team groups.