Black Friday in the USA is the holiday right after Thanksgiving. We shop like crazy in the morning, eat Thanksgiving leftovers at 12pm and then watch sports all day. It’s the perfect day for the legendary USA/England rivalry match (which the USA will win of course
).MLS club cities organize big watch parties as well (though due to COVID restrictions, I don’t know how big they will be this upcoming World Cup).
https://www.orlandocitysc.com/
https://www.foxsports.com/stories/s...cup-on-fox-times-channels-full-match-schedule
I wasn’t. When ESPN had the TV rights, Disney did a watch party in Epcot.
And you continue to underestimate how much the US becomes soccer crazy during the WC. We aren’t Canada. If Canada goes 3 and out without a single goal, we’ll see how much coverage they get on TSN during next year’s Nations League/Gold Cup. You won’t be beating the USMNT on home soil that’s for sure. November is going to be an unfortunate awakening on how good Canada is against European quality teams. Good luck.
Also, Orlando is a knowledgeable soccer town.
All will be on Fox and FS1. You’ll be in good hands. When in doubt, ask the front desk. Or follow my WC thread. @declansdad is wrong, there are many places to see all the England matches on and off property. The links I posted above have the game times in ET so you won’t have any confusion on when they will start. Fox is putting all the games in 4K HD this year too.
Please find one city that has any covid restrictions.
I meant to say if there are any Covid restrictions. If Covid gets worse post this election, I could see the restrictions get put back in place for large gatherings to stop it’s spread. The Olympics had restrictions in place and the WC probably will to.
The only one I mentioned that doesn’t exist anymore is the ESPN Center and that’s because I didn’t know it closed this year. Rose and Crown does show soccer in the restaurant partly because it’s a British pub. Disney will definitely put on the games in their restaurants if they have a bar area because many non soccer fans tune in. I believe the building that hosted a watch party in Epcot back in 2014 was a white convention building called Oasis I believe. My point is that you were so dismissive of the games being shown in WDW. Any restaurant with a tv will have the games on (the exception probably being if a local football game is on). You said I over estimate how much the USA cares about soccer. Perhaps that may be true but that’s honestly different to the national teams. Google watch parties from past World Cups here in the USA and you’ll see packed areas (parks, arenas, restaurants and malls), from large cities and small towns showing support for the national teams. It’s honestly one of the most bandwagoning things Americans do outside of the Olympics. As for my shade at Canadian soccer, I apologize. I do honestly hope Canada does well this World Cup but the odds are definitely not in your favor. In regards to what you said about WDW and soccer, what are you basing this on? Genuinely asking if you have visited the USA during a World Cup month in the last decade? Every since 2010, the national teams have made the national news and even more are now interested and aware of the teams’ existence since the equal pay deal became politicalized. Landon Donovan’s famous goal was how most became fans of the team. Every year the national team fan base grows (along with MLS/USL expansion). I will fully admit that diehard American EL Tri fans in the USA outnumber currently the diehard American Stars and Stripes fans in the USA. However that is rapidly changing and is only accelerating the amount of people tuning into the WC. Casuals continue to increase and have in the last decade alone. The TV numbers for USA, Mexico, and elite European countries WC matches have been very good in the past on both English and Spanish networks (partly due to the fact the channels are on basic cable/streaming). One other thing, Americans tune into the WC one to see their country play (yes many only tune in once every 4 years for the sport) and two we like to see the best of the best play regardless of the sport if the USA is in it. The ratings in 2018 were lower than expected in some cases due to the USA not being there but growth of the sport’s/tournament popularity definitely showed.
All of that is highly doubtful. Covid has changed from how it was in 2020.
We are still in a pandemic and the virus is still here. It keeps evolving and not everyone is getting the updated booster shots. So the danger remains to a point for the foreseeable future.
The virus is NEVER going away. But the point remains, there are no covid restrictions and the odds are EXTREMELY small that any will be put back into place.
We will see. I hope you’re right.
I could potentially see stricter travel restrictions being put in place (in my experience the US has some of the tightest already, outside of Asia), but I'd be surprised if they put in social/mass gathering restrictions back in (bar some unprecedented surge with a variant that is not affected by the vaccines (as in the vaccines don't reduce hospitalization and/or death).
