In 2017, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) established that all stadiums selected for the World Cups must have a minimum capacity of 40 thousand spectators for first and second round matches; 60 thousand for the quarterfinals and semifinals; and 80 thousand for the opening games and the end.
Therefore, the final list of the 16 metropolitan areas and the same number of stadiums that would host the World Cup 2026 It was announced in June 2022, a few months before the World Cup began. Tastewhich at the time had eight venues in five cities for the main international tournament soccer.
Given this situation, only two of the 16 stages required deep interventions. On the one hand, the Stadium Banorte It was the subject of extensive interior remodeling to adapt to the characteristics demanded by FIFA and closed its doors for the construction of a new access for the teams in the middle part of the side stand.
Meanwhile, the BMO Field of toronto It was expanded at the beginning of 2026 to reach the minimum required capacity of 40 thousand spectators, even exceeding it with the projected 45 thousand final seats, so that the eleven American stadiums only required adaptations to install natural grass and expand spaces.
How many games are played in each city?
Monterrey: 4 games
- June 14: Sweden vs. Tunisia (Group stage)
- June 20: Tunisia vs. Japan (Group stage)
- June 24: South Africa vs. South Korea (Group stage)
- June 29: First in Group F vs. Second in Group C (Round of 32)
Guadalajara: 4 games
- June 11: South Korea vs. Czech Republic (Group stage)
- June 18: Mexico vs. South Korea (Group stage)
- June 23: Colombia vs. Congo (Group stage)
- June 26: Uruguay vs. Spain (Group stage)
Mexico City: 5 games
- June 11: Mexico vs. South Africa (Group stage)
- June 17: Uzbekistan vs. Colombia (Group stage)
- June 24: Czech Republic vs. Mexico (Group stage)
- June 30: First in Group A vs. Third in Group C (Round of 32)
- July 5: Winner between 1A/3C vs. Winner between 1L/3E (Round of 16)
Toronto: 6 games
- June 12: Canada vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group stage)
- June 17: Ghana vs. Panama (Group stage)
- June 20: Germany vs. Ivory Coast (Group stage)
- June 23: Panama vs. Croatia (Group stage)
- June 26: Senegal vs. Iraq (Group stage)
- July 2: Second of Group K vs. Second in Group L (Round of 32)
Philadelphia: 6 games
- June 14: Ivory Coast vs. Ecuador (Group stage)
- June 19: Brazil vs. Haiti (Group stage)
- June 22: France vs. Iraq (Group stage)
- June 25: Curacao vs. Ivory Coast (Group stage)
- June 27: Croatia vs. Ghana (Group stage)
- July 2: Winner between 1E/3A vs. Winner between 1I/3C (Round of 16)
Seattle: 6 games
- June 15: Belgium vs. Egypt (Group stage)
- June 19: United States vs. Australia (Group stage)
- June 24: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Qatar (Group stage)
- June 26: Egypt vs. Iran (Group stage)
- July 1: First in Group G vs. Third in Group A (Round of 32)
- July 6: Winner between 1D/3B vs. Winner between 1G/3A (Round of 16)
San Francisco: 6 games
- June 13: Qatar vs. Switzerland (Group stage)
- June 16: Austria vs. Jordan (Group stage)
- June 19: Türkiye vs. Paraguay (Group stage)
- June 22: Jordan vs. Algeria (Group stage)
- June 25: Paraguay vs. Australia (Group stage)
- July 1: First in Group D vs. Third in Group B (Round of 32)
Kansas City: 6 games
- June 16: Argentina vs. Algeria (Group stage)
- June 20: Ecuador vs. Curacao (Group stage)
- June 25: Japan vs. Sweden (Group stage)
- June 27: Algeria vs. Austria (Group stage)
- July 3: First of Group K vs. Third in Group D (Round of 32)
- July 11: Quarterfinals (Match Four)
Vancouver: 7 games
- June 13: Australia vs. Türkiye (Group stage)
- June 18: Canada vs. Qatar (Group stage)
- June 21: New Zealand vs. Egypt (Group stage)
- June 24: Switzerland vs. Canada (Group stage)
- June 26: New Zealand vs. Belgium (Group stage)
- July 2: First in Group B vs. Third in Group E (Round of 32)
- July 7: Winner between 1B/3E vs. Winner between 1K/3D (Round of 16)
Miami: 7 games
- June 15: Saudi Arabia vs. Uruguay (Group stage)
- June 21: Uruguay vs. Cape Verde (Group stage)
- June 24: Scotland vs. Brazil (Group stage)
- June 27: Colombia vs. Portugal (Group stage)
- July 3: First of Group J vs. Second in Group H (Round of 32)
- July 11: Quarterfinals (Match three)
- July 18: Third place match
Boston: 7 games
- June 13: Haiti vs. Scotland (Group stage)
- June 16: Iraq vs. Norway (Group stage)
- June 19: Scotland vs. Morocco (Group stage)
- June 23: England vs. Ghana (Group stage)
- June 26: Norway vs. France (Group stage)
- June 29: First in Group E vs. Third in Group A (Round of 32)
- July 9: Quarterfinals (Match one)
Houston: 7 games
- June 14: Germany vs. Curacao (Group stage)
- June 17: Portugal vs. Congo (Group stage)
- June 20: Netherlands vs. Sweden (Group stage)
- June 23: Portugal vs. Uzbekistan (Group stage)
- June 26: Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia (Group stage)
- June 29: First in Group C vs. Second in Group F (Round of 32)
- July 4: Winner between 2A/2B vs. Winner between 1F/2C (Round of 16)
Atlanta: 8 games
- June 15: Spain vs. Cape Verde (Group stage)
- June 18: Czech Republic vs. South Africa (Group stage)
- June 21: Spain vs. Saudi Arabia (Group stage)
- June 24: Morocco vs. Haiti (Group stage)
- June 27: Congo vs. Uzbekistan (Group stage)
- July 1: First of Group L vs. Second in Group E (Round of 32)
- July 7: Winner between 1J/2H vs. Winner between 2D/2G (Round of 16)
- July 15: Semifinals (Match Two)
Los Angeles: 8 games
- June 12: United States vs. Paraguay (Group stage)
- June 15: Iran vs. New Zealand (Group stage)
- June 18: Switzerland vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group stage)
- June 21: Belgium vs. Iran (Group stage)
- June 25: Türkiye vs. United States (Group stage)
- June 28: Second in Group A vs. Second in Group B (Round of 32)
- July 2: First in Group H vs. Second in Group J (Round of 32)
- July 10: Quarterfinals (Match Two)
New York/New Jersey: 8 games
- June 13: Brazil vs. Morocco (Group stage)
- June 16: France vs. Senegal (Group stage)
- June 22: Norway vs. Senegal (Group stage)
- June 25: Ecuador vs. Germany (Group stage)
- June 27: Panama vs. England (Group stage)
- June 30: Second of Group I vs. Third in Group C (Round of 32)
- July 5: Winner between 1C/2F vs. Winner between 2E/2I (Round of 16)
- July 19: World Cup Final
Dallas: 9 games
- June 14: Netherlands vs. Japan (Group stage)
- June 17: England vs. Croatia (Group stage)
- June 22: Argentina vs. Austria (Group stage)
- June 25: Tunisiavs. Netherlands (Group stage)
- June 27: Jordan vs. Argentina (Group stage)
- June 30: Second of Group E vs. Second in Group I (Round of 32)
- July 3: Second of Group D vs. Second in Group G (Round of 32)
- July 6: Winner between 2K/2L vs. Winner between 1H/2J (Round of 16)
- July 14: Semifinals (Match one)