World Cup 2026 Houston: How to Get to NRG Stadium When Your City Was Built for Cars

NRG Stadium exterior Houston World Cup 2026

Houston does not blush about its relationship with the automobile. The city sprawls across more than 600 square miles — larger than Los Angeles — and its freeway network is among the most extensive per capita of any major American metro. So when FIFA chose NRG Stadium as one of its four air-conditioned World Cup … Read more

World Cup 2026 Fan Festivals: Why Houston Went Big as Other Host Cities Cut Back

Crowds gathered at a FIFA Fan Fest watching a World Cup match on a big screen

Houston is running a free World Cup 2026 fan festival for 39 days, a 275,000 square-foot build in East Downtown that its host committee expects to draw more than half a million visitors across 34 match days, and which local outlets have reported reaching capacity and pausing entry on busy nights. That makes Houston the … Read more