From Azteca to LA, your guide to every World Cup stadium

Monterrey Stadium is the star of the World Cup venues. (Getty Images: FIFA/Hector Vivas) Link copiedShareShare articleThe 2026 FIFA World Cup will utilise some of the greatest stadiums in the world across North America. Featuring state-of-the-art NFL facilities and one of the World Cup's most historic and storied venues, this tournament will take place amid a spectacular backdrop, despite the ticketing controversies that have threatened to leave vast swathes of empty seats. Here are the 16 stadiums in use across the three countries: two in Canada, three in Mexico and 11 in the United States. A lot of the stadiums are better known by names other than the ones that are being used during the tournament. "Stadium official names for the FIFA World Cup 2026 have been matched with Host City names and may differ from the common designation used locally," FIFA notes on its website. That is because almost all of the stadiums being used have sponsored names, which cannot be used under FIFA's strict branding rules. It also means that, with one exception, all branding has had to be removed from the stadiums. More commonly known as Mercedes-Benz Stadium, it opened in 2017 and is home to the NFL's Atlanta Falcons and Major League Soccer's Atlanta United. It also hosted the 2019 Super Bowl and is set to host the NFL showpiece again in 2028. The stadium's unique and striking design features a fully retractable roof, which consists of eight translucent, triangular panels. Atlanta Stadium looks just as good inside as it does outside. (Getty Images: Kevin C. Cox) However, one of those panels features a massive Mercedes-Benz logo, which cannot be removed or covered up, or else run the risk of damaging the infrastructure, so it has been allowed to stay, according to The Athletic. One thing that won't be in place for the duration of the tournament though, is the super low prices of food and drinks on offer in the stadium, which is regularly credited as being the lowest-cost menu on offer in American sport. Vancouver's BC Place has one of the most stunning architectural features in any stadium anywhere, the world's largest cable-supported retractable roof. A distinctive roof has always been a notable part of BC Place, with the 1983-built original featuring the world's largest air-supported canopy. That roof was deflated for the final time after the 2010 Winter Paralympics and replaced by the present retractable version. BC Place is a unique point among Vancouver's high rises. (Getty Images: Elizabeth Ruiz Ruiz) The Socceroos will play their opening game of the tournament against Türkiye in Vancouver. The stadium has hosted plenty of famous sporting events in the past, including the 2010 Winter Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, as well as the final of the 2015 Women's World Cup, when the USA thumped Japan 5-2. Gillette Stadium in Foxborough is the home of the New England Patriots and has been since 2002. It was built alongside the original Foxboro Stadium, which hosted matches at both the 1994 men's World Cup, including Argentine legend Diego Maradona's final appearance at the tournament, and the 1999 Women's World Cup, including a semifinal. The Matildas played their opening match at the stadium in that 1999 World Cup, a Julie Murray goal helping the Matildas to a 1-1 draw against Ghana despite the African side playing for over an hour with 10 players. Julie Murray scored for the Matildas at the old Foxboro Stadium in a World Cup match. (Getty Images: Allsport/Jamie Squire) The stadium was redeveloped throughout 2022 and 2023, with improvements including a 2,000 square-metre curved-radius high-definition video screen, the largest in the United States, and a lighthouse at one end. The ground doesn't have a roof though, which, given the propensity for bad weather in New England year-round, should probably have been a more pressing concern. The biggest of the lot at this year's World Cup, the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, is the gargantuan home of the Dallas Cowboys. Nicknamed Jerry World after Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, the stadium can cater for more than 100,000 spectators at full capacity (the highest regular season NFL attendance was 105,121), although it is strangely limited to 70,649 for the World Cup. The entire project cost a total of $US1.15 billion ($1.61 billion), funded by Jones, the NFL and the tax dollars of the residents of the City of Arlington. Two 91-metre high arches support a retractable roof that will likely remain closed during the tournament, given the average Arlington temperature in July is 35 degrees Celsius. Arlington hosted matches at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2025. (Getty Images: AMA/Catherine Ivill) Fun fact, the first event to be hosted at the stadium wasn't an American Football game, but back-to-back soccer matches in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Costa Rica beat Guadeloupe, 5–1 and then Mexico beat Haiti 4–0 in two quarterfinal matches in front of a crowd listed

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