Events and Attractions

USA TODAY’s Jim Reineking noted MLS will be “represented by a league-record 44 players” when Canada, Mexico and the U.S. co-host this summer’s FIFA World Cup. The 44 active MLS players is “an improvement” over the 36 the league had competing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. In all, 17 different count...

Islanders President of Business Operations Kelly Cheeseman sees the 2027 NHL All-Star Weekend at UBS Arena as a “coming of age for the facility,” which opened in 2021, according to Andrew Gross of NEWSDAY. The league on Tuesday announced plans for a global round-robin 3-on-3 tournament as the featur...

Boston and state transportation officials have “struck a deal to manage traffic outside South Station for crowds queueing to go the World Cup” after weeks of tense negotiations, ending a dispute that had underlined the local planning around the event, according to a front-page piece by McDonald &...

The passion of Scotland soccer fans who have not seen a men’s World Cup appearance since 1998 is pushing the so-called Tartan Army to “outspend larger nations with their own zealous fan bases” for the upcoming World Cup games, according to Ryan & Hellier of BLOOMBERG NEWS. According to TicketDat...

The PGA Tour is joining a trend of sporting events to offer all-inclusive tickets and will do so at its first postseason event of 2026, the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August. The tournament in Memphis for the first time is offering a “Grounds+” pass, the base ticket for the event that costs $99 ...

The NHL has “changed the format for next year’s All-Star Game” at UBS Arena. After not holding an All-Star Game in each of the past two seasons due to the Olympics and the 4 Nations Face-Off, the league will “keep the international theme going for the event” that will take place Feb. 5-6, 2027.

NASCAR is “gearing up for a potential announcement about a 2027 return” after pausing its downtown Chicago street race for 2026. The race will “move away” from Fourth of July weekend and “instead possibly take place after Sueños Festival” under its remaining one-year extension of NASCAR’s existing c...

The NWSL championship “is returning to Audi Field in Washington, D.C.,” for the second time since 2022. The 2026 championship game “will take place at the home of the Washington Spirit on Nov. 21,” according to sources. Spirit President of Soccer Operations Haley Carter said that the news follows th...

Federal and local authorities have “relied on ad hoc systems” to deal with drone threats for the past few years, but this summer’s FIFA World Cup might be the “first major event at which such a threat is at the forefront,” according to a front-page piece by Richard Winton of the L.A. TIMES. Extra dr...

In N.Y., James Franey reported execs at the taxpayer-backed agency that owns Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Georgia World Congress Center Authority, “secretly blew over $600,000 on VIP World Cup seats -- even as they fretted that ticket prices were ‘crazy’ and ‘not the most prudent use of public f...