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2026 World Cup venues - A guide to the host stadiums in the United States, Canada and Mexico
Nieuws
The 2026 World Cup will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico and will be the first in history to feature an expanded 48-team roster of nations.
In total, there are 16 venues across the three countries, and below you'll find a helpful guide for each of them.
Vancouver Stadium (BC Place)
Location: Vancouver, British Colombia
Capacity: 54,000
This venue's history as a home for soccer goes all the way back to 1983, when it hosted the Vancouver Whitecaps' match against Seattle Sounders in the North American Soccer League, just a day after opening. It remains home to the Major League Soccer version of the Whitecaps, as well as the Canadian Football (gridiron) team BC Lions, and has World Cup pedigree, having hosted the women's final in 2015. It is located in the heart of the city beside the False Creek inlet.
Seattle Stadium (Lumen Field)
Location: Seattle, Washington
Capacity: 69,000
Located in the heart of Seattle, this stadium in the north western United States boasts impressive views of the downtown district in which it sits, and promises to be one of the tournament's highlights. It's an area familiar with soccer, as the Sounders of MLS and Reign of the National Women's Soccer League share the stadium with the city's NFL team, the Seahawks. Seeing it at full capacity for six World Cup matches will be a memorable sight for attendees and TV viewers alike.
San Francisco Bay Area Stadium (Levi’s Stadium)
Location: Santa Clara, California
Capacity: 70,909
Though it will be associated with a familiar city name, San Francisco, the Bay Area Stadium is actually located in Santa Clara, near San Jose. A roughly 45-mile trip to the stadium from San Francisco takes you through Silicon Valley to the south of the Bay. As is the case with most of the United States' host stadiums, it is used predominantly by an NFL team, in this case, the San Francisco 49ers.
Los Angeles Stadium (SoFi Stadium)
Location: Inglewood, California
Capacity: 70,240
Having hosted the final of USA '94 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, the Los Angeles area will be prominent once again in 2026. This time, the state-of-the-art stadium in Inglewood gets the nod, and the venue shared by the LA Rams and LA Chargers during the NFL season will be used until the quarter-finals. It only opened in 2020, making it the newest facility on show at the tournament. Its uniquely shaped roof can be seen when flying into the nearby Los Angeles airport.
Estadio Guadalajara (Estadio Akron)
Location: Zapopan, Jalisco
Capacity: 48,701
This charming stadium on the outskirts of Guadalajara is the usual home of CD
Guadalajara, better known as Chivas. It is located in the Mexican state of Jalisco, which is home to distilleries that produce 99 per cent of the world's tequila. The stadium has a unique grassy exterior and a white roof, meant to give the impression of a volcano topped with clouds, lending it its nickname, El Volcan. It erupts with the atmosphere provided by thousands of fans on matchdays.
Estadio Monterrey (Estadio BBVA)
Location: Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon
Capacity: 53,460
With the 5,970-foot Cerro de la Silla (saddle hill) as its backdrop, the stadium in the city of Guadalupe, part of the Greater Monterrey metropolitan area, will provide the tournament with the most impressive scenery. It is the home of Liga MX club CF Monterrey and will host three group stage matches plus one in the last 32.
Estadio Azteca (Estadio Banorte)
Location: Mexico City
Capacity: 87,523
The famous Azteca Stadium will add to its World Cup heritage by opening the tournament on June 11. It hosted 19 games across the 1970 and 1986 tournaments, including the finals at both that featured Pele and Diego Maradona respectively. It is the only 2026 venue to have previously hosted men's World Cup games, and becomes the first stadium to host three World Cups. It has the second-largest capacity of the 2026 venues, and will be the grandest football theatre.
Dallas Stadium (AT&T Stadium)
Location: Arlington, Texas
Capacity: 92,967
The largest stadium at the tournament was tipped to host the final before losing out to New Jersey, but that's still an indication of the scale of this venue that will be used throughout until the semi-finals. It will host more matches than any other ground at this World Cup, with nine. It could get hot on the way to the stadium, which sits between the big cities of Fort Worth and Dallas in Texas, but air conditioning and a closed retractable roof will keep attendees cool in the stands.
Houston Stadium (NRG Stadium)
Location: Houston, Texas
Capacity: 72,220
The Houston Stadium warmed up for its World Cup role by hosting the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup final between the US and Mexico, and will host seven games in 2026. It has welcomed numerous soccer matches and events since opening in 2002, including pre-season friendlies for European clubs and Copa America fixtures. The official state sport of Texas is rodeo, which the venue embraces as host of the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which runs for 20 days.
Kansas City Stadium (Arrowhead Stadium)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Capacity: 76,760
The oldest of the US-based venues is known for producing roaring atmospheres at
NFL matches involving its main tenants, the Kansas City Chiefs. It holds a Guinness World Record for crowd noise in an outdoor stadium, at 142.2 decibels for a Chiefs game in September 2014. World Cup matches will be aiming to produce as raucous an atmosphere as the American football events, and the city that has called itself the Soccer Capital of America will be out to prove as much.
Atlanta Stadium (Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Capacity: 75,000
Fans of MLS team Atlanta United have helped this stadium become a popular soccer venue that regularly boasts the highest average attendance in the domestic league. It has a distinctive retractable roof with a large ring-shaped video board in the middle, and is capable of producing intense, resounding atmospheres. The stadium is also used by the Falcons of the NFL, but the Atlanta soccer scene has made it its own, continuing to turn up through United's rough patches.
Miami Stadium (Hard Rock Stadium)
Location: Miami Gardens, Floria
Capacity: 67,518
The stadium in the Miami Gardens suburb of Miami has become familiar with soccer in recent years, having hosted games in the 2024 Copa America and the 2025 Club World Cup. Lionel Messi's presence at Inter Miami, who play home games in nearby Fort Lauderdale, has no doubt played a part in the increased use of the region for soccer matches, and the stadium will be used all the way up to the third-place play-off.
Toronto Stadium (BMO Field)
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Capacity: 57,736
Just a short distance from the banks of Lake Ontario, Toronto FC's stadium has been expanded to accommodate World Cup matches, adding almost 18,000 seats to take the capacity to 45,000. It will host Canada's opening match on June 12 and, as one of the nation's usual home stadiums, will witness partisan support for the co-hosts. One of the tournament's more compact settings, there should be a good atmosphere at each of its five group games and solitary knockout-round match in the last 32.
Philadelphia Stadium (Lincoln Financial Field)
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Capacity: 69,328
One of the highlights of the Club World Cup, this stadium is part of a wider sports complex at the southern end of Philly, where the city's baseball, hockey and basketball teams also play. It's home to the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, who won the Super Bowl in 2025. This is a huge sports city that will put on a show, while locals attending games will bring the atmosphere. Though it's known for American football, the stadium's first game, in 2003, was actually a friendly between Manchester United and Barcelona.
New York/New Jersey Stadium (MetLife Stadium)
Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Capacity: 82,500
The stadium that will host the 2026 World Cup final is situated in New Jersey's Meadowlands area, where marshes and swamps contrast with the concrete mass of the sports complex. It's another connection to the previous World Cup, sitting near the site of the now-demolished Giants Stadium, which hosted a semi-final in 1994. Though opened as recently as 2010, it's not as polished as some of the other venues, giving it more of a USA '94 feel. Located beside the cosmopolitan New York metropolitan area, it will attract fans from all over the world.
Boston Stadium (Gillette Stadium)
Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
Capacity: 70,000
This venue offers another link back to the 1994 World Cup, as it was built on the site of the old Foxboro Stadium used in that tournament. It is situated about 20 miles outside of Boston, on the road to Providence, Rhode Island, which is one of the reasons the teams using it during the season, the Revolution of MLS and the Patriots of the NFL, use New England in their name rather than Boston.
Words by James Nalton.
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