Events and Attractions

Formula 1 is among the most technologically advanced sports in the world. It is also, structurally, an intellectual property (IP) business. Its commercial architecture has the power to transform a city, as the recent Miami Grand Prix demonstrated, with its impact continuing to reverberate across Sou...

NASCAR’s race at Naval Base Coronado last weekend “could serve as a template for future events elsewhere,” with organizers also hoping to see the race “return in 2027 -- and possibly 2028,” according to Bill Center of the SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE. NASCAR COO Ben Kennedy, acknowledging there were glit...

Denver’s McGregor Square is now “instituting an admission charge for patrons” to check out U.S. and Mexico World Cup matches, including Wednesday’s Mexico-Czechia match and Thursday’s U.S.-Turkiye showdown, according to Sean Keeler of the DENVER POST. Entry “costs $23.18 per head, including $3.18 in...

In Dallas, Jacquelyn Burrer reported North Texas FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee and North Central Texas Council of Governments officials on Tuesday said that the 10pm ET start time for Saturday’s Jordan-Argentina match will be a “major test of how late-night travel patterns interact with World ...

South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo is expecting the atmosphere during the team’s last FIFA World Cup group match against South Africa on Wednesday in Monterrey to “feel like a home game” after “a large number of Mexican fans supported the Taeguk Warriors” in their opening game in Guadalajara, according...

The World Cup’s hydration breaks have “turned into high-speed beer runs,” helping turn the tournament into what “might just be the booziest World Cup in history,” according to Beaton & Robinson of the WALL STREET JOURNAL. When it comes to soccer, it is “typically more difficult to indulge during...

The Tartan Army has taken over Miami after two games in Boston, and the ticket prices to see Scotland’s soccer team play next are the highest on the busiest World Cup day yet. The get-in price for Scotland-Brazil in Miami is $3,543, up 91% since the start of the tournament, 31% over the past three d...

The Department of Homeland Security is “changing the guidelines for Iran’s national soccer team ahead of its third World Cup match on Friday to accommodate extra time afforded to other countries in the tournament.” The team will now be allowed to travel to Seattle “two days before their game, allowi...

FIFA will “consider keeping hydration breaks for future World Cups” despite backlash to the extra stoppages in play at this year’s tournament. FIFA President Gianni Infantino “defended the decision to introduce breaks” at this World Cup. Infantino said that the breaks “may be providing more entertai...

Four players at the World Cup so far have had their jerseys “ripped in one circumstance or another, in three cases requiring them to go off the field and change into a replacement,” with all four shirts manufactured by Puma, according to Daniel Austin of BBC.com. In all four cases, the tears happene...