Every host city, mapped for match day

MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford NJ

New York / New Jersey is a match-day sorting problem: MetLife sits across the river, the best watch plans cluster by neighborhood, and the wrong subway transfer can cost more than a better bar earns.

SoFi Stadium, Inglewood CA

LA forces a car decision before anything else.

AT&T Stadium, Arlington TX

A retractable-roof stadium changes the Texas-summer heat math — AT&T plays climate-controlled even when the parking lot reads 100°F.

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta GA

Atlanta is the rare US host where transit actually delivers you to the stadium door — MARTA's GWCC/Vine City stop drops you a five-minute walk from Mercedes-Benz Gate 1.

Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens FL

Miami's heat and afternoon rain are non-optional planning variables — your hotel needs an AC card and your walk to the bar needs an umbrella in the bag.

Lumen Field, Seattle WA

One of the most walkable host cities in the tournament — Seattle's downtown core, Capitol Hill, and Pioneer Square all live within a 20-minute walk of Lumen Field, and Link light rail handles the stadium move when the walk doesn't fit.

Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara CA

Three cities (SF, Oakland, San Jose) pretending to be one — they're not, and the Bay Area's transit will remind you every match day.

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough MA

Gillette Stadium is in Foxborough, 28 miles south of downtown — not in Boston, no matter what the marketing says.

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia PA

Direct subway to the stadium is the cheat code Philadelphia doesn't advertise enough — Broad Street Line runs straight from Center City to NRG/AT&T Station at Lincoln Financial Field.

NRG Stadium, Houston TX

Indoor stadium at NRG means the heat is the everywhere-else problem — your air-conditioned hotel, the bar walk, the post-match diner are where Houston summer actually hits.

Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City MO

Kansas City is the smallest US host metro by population — and Arrowhead Stadium is engineered to make 76,000 people sound like 110,000.

BMO Field, Toronto ON

Toronto is the rare host city where the stadium (BMO Field) sits inside the city, the streetcar and subway both work for the trip, and you can build the whole match day on foot in the downtown core.

BC Place, Vancouver BC

Vancouver is the closest analog to a European host city in the entire tournament — BC Place is downtown, the SkyTrain handles every match-day movement, and the whole match day plan fits on foot if you're staying in the right block.

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Mexico City is the highest-altitude host in the tournament (2,240 m / 7,350 ft — bring your legs ready), the most populous metro of the three host countries, and home to the most opinionated stadium on the planet.

Estadio Akron, Zapopan (greater Guadalajara)

Guadalajara is Mexico's second city, the cradle of mariachi, tequila, and the country's most opinionated food scene.

Estadio BBVA, Guadalupe (greater Monterrey)

Monterrey is industrial northern Mexico — Texas-adjacent in business culture, Mexican in soul, and the closest host city to the US border (a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Laredo).