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Atlanta's 5+ weeks of free World Cup festival kicks off Thursday at Centennial Olympic Park. Here's who's playing, who's hosting, where to eat, and why LVRN, UniverSoul Circus, and Soccer in the Streets are the city's fingerprint on the whole thing.
Pochettino's USA takes on Paraguay Friday June 12 in LA — their Group D opener and the first World Cup match on US soil since 1994. Predicted XI, stakes, and where to watch in Atlanta.
SCAD Atlanta graduate Raphael Bahindwa is showing new work at the Rialto Center and The Sun ATL as DR Congo advances at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
The Mayor’s Office is pushing a broader downtown itinerary as the World Cup enters its final weeks, spotlighting Underground, South Downtown, Global Grub Alley and more.
OaksATL Community Development’s $3 million infill project at 557 Lindsay Street pairs below-market apartments with walkable restaurant space on a .13-acre corner.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium — competing under the FIFA designation Atlanta Stadium — hosted the Round of 32 fixture between England and DR Congo on July 1, one of eight tournament matches drawing the world to downtown Atlanta this summer.
The transit agency has carried 1.7 million riders to World Cup matches, Fan Festivals, and downtown gatherings since June 11, with one match day drawing 220,000 rail customers — more than twice a typical weekday.
Centennial Olympic Park’s FIFA Fan Festival has drawn more visitors than any other U.S. host-city festival, topping 250,000 in its first ten days.
Sixteen peach trees from Pearson Farm are now installed at Underground Atlanta and Woodruff Park, closing a 170-year naming joke.
Centennial Olympic Park and the Atlanta University Center are the latest spots to join the city’s growing free public Wi-Fi network.
Downtown’s first full-service grocer in years has rung up 150,000 customers in nine months, with a second store on the way.
International visitors in town for the World Cup are giving downtown Atlanta high marks for MARTA, public spaces, and Southern hospitality.
From the FIFA Fan Festival at Centennial Olympic Park to Cosm’s LED dome and the reopened Center, downtown has stacked new options for match-day crowds.
More than 3,000 Atlanta residents born in the Democratic Republic of Congo are marking the country's first World Cup appearance since 1974 — with the Fan Festival at Centennial Olympic Park serving as home base for a community that waited two generations for this moment.
Artist Karen Anderson Singer has installed four miniature sculptures across South Downtown for the FIFA World Cup — the first time Tiny Doors ATL has revealed four pieces simultaneously — at Founders Green, Mitchell Street, Underground Atlanta, and the Flatiron Building.
The restored 1920s Regenstein's Department Store reopens as a six-concept vertical entertainment district, with dive bar American Dive and upscale Peachtree Sporting Club leading the June 17 debut.
A car-free, quarter-mile stretch of Walton Street fills with 20 to 30 food trucks from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on every World Cup match day, one block from the FIFA Fan Festival.
