Overview
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium will host eight World Cup matches, including a semifinal, and will be called Atlanta Stadium during the tournament.
- Atlanta’s first match is June 15 with Spain facing Cabo Verde, and Spain is also slated to play again in the city during the group stage.
- The FIFA Fan Festival at Centennial Olympic Park opens June 12 with an initial 16-day schedule featuring a main stage, family zone, community pitch, and local arts and food programming.
- MARTA plans more frequent service, extended hours, station ambassadors in soccer jerseys, added signage, and coordination with Hartsfield-Jackson to ease airport-to-rail transfers.
- City leaders report $120 million in paving, lighting and other improvements, emphasize coordinated policing with normal 911, fire and police responses, and highlight downtown’s walkable hotel core and new wayfinding designed by SCAD students.