Events and Attractions

NBC Sports racing analyst Randy Moss, who will be part of the network’s Preakness Stakes broadcast on Saturday, spoke on the Triple Crown schedule and said that horse trainers are “about as loathed to run their horses back in three weeks as they are in two weeks,” according to Sam Cohn of the BALTIM...

FIFA has been “delaying payments worth thousands of dollars to some resellers of 2026 World Cup tickets,” sometimes in “apparent violation of its own legal terms and conditions,” according to Henry Bushnell of THE ATHLETIC. Several fans have complained that FIFA has “not paid them the money they’re ...

The “epicenter” of K.C.’s “monumental opportunity” to play 2026 World Cup host was unveiled on Monday with the naming of “Kansas City Stadium,” as GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium officially has been dubbed by FIFA for the tournament, according to Vahe Gregorian of the K.C. STAR. For all the alterati...

Adidas’ newest World Cup commercial, “Backyard Legends,” might just be the “best World Cup ad from the Three Stripes in 20 years,” according to Jeff Beer of FAST COMPANY. The five-minute advertising epic opens with actor Timothée Chalamet “trying to put together the greatest street soccer team ever,...

B.C. Place’s facelift is “nearly complete” with a month to go before the FIFA World Cup in Vancouver, including the installation of a grass playing surface, according to Gemma Karstens-Smith of the CP. Work was still underway at B.C. Place on Friday, with “blacked-out fences shielding onlookers from...

USA TODAY’s Jon Arnold wrote Mexico’s authority overseeing public education previously announced May 7 that it “would end the school year June 5, more than a month ahead of the planned final day,” and authorities noted the World Cup matches taking place in Mexico as one “reason for the change.” The ...

Sponsorship packages that include ringside seats for the UFC White House event in June have “been selling” for $1M “or more,” according to a source cited by Allen, Nicholas, Dixon, Gomez & Smith of NBCNEWS.com. President Trump is “handpicking most” of the 4,000-plus spectators who are “lucky eno...

The Java House Grand Prix of Arlington is “coming back to North Texas in 2027,” with the event returning to the streets around AT&T Stadium for a March 19-21 race weekend. The inaugural race was held this March to “wide praise from the drivers, organizers and fans.” Event president Bill Miller s...

The biggest World Cup in history is in exactly one month, but “bigger might not necessarily be better, judging by the furor over ticket prices, match assignments, visas, hotels, transportation and pretty much everything else associated with FIFA’s grand extravaganza,” according to Mark Zeigler of th...

It is now exactly “one month until the first game” of this summer’s FIFA World Cup. From “diplomatic tensions to ticket pricing and travel costs,” the tournament has been “creating headlines before a ball has even been kicked.” Perhaps the biggest controversy so far is the “cost associated with atte...