Overview
- FIFA, which issued a clarification Wednesday, said it has no tournament-wide policy against tailgating and that any limits will be set by local authorities.
- Boston’s match-day checklist for World Cup games at Gillette Stadium says traditional tailgating, defined as eating and drinking around parked cars, is not permitted.
- Parking at Gillette will drop from about 20,000 spots to roughly 5,000, and the MBTA is selling $80 round-trip trains from South Station to Foxboro to move most fans.
- Philadelphia officials say there will be no outright ban at Lincoln Financial Field, though an expanded security perimeter will change how parking lots and entry work.
- Organizers say fan zones, hospitality areas, broadcast setups and larger security footprints will take over stadium lots, and fans have voiced anger as police in Foxborough cite crowd management and on-time entry as reasons for the limits.