{"id":868140,"date":"2026-06-15T04:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/868140\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T04:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:29:16","slug":"houstons-fifa-fan-fest-closed-monday-for-inclement-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/868140\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston&#8217;s FIFA Fan Fest closed Monday for inclement weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEnsuring the safety of fans, staff, volunteers and emergency services personnel remains top priority for the FIFA World Cup 2026 Houston Host Committee,\u201d the organizers said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Fan Fest, a gathering spot for fans to watch games as the city hosts seven matches through July 4, spans a multiple-block stretch in EaDo south of Shell Energy Stadium. Roughly 15,000 people are expected to visit the spot daily. On Thursday\u2019s opening day of the World Cup, Fan Fest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/world-cup\/article\/houston-s-fifa-fan-fest-hits-capacity-day-1-world-22301509.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">reached its capacity of 7,500<\/a> in the early afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cEnsuring the safety of fans, staff, volunteers and emergency services personnel remains top priority for the FIFA World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":868141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,358,353012,3187],"class_list":["post-868140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-texas","tag-tsn-dynamo","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116752244089221759","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/868141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}