Watching The 2026 World Cup In Dallas: Cowboys Country, England's Opener, And Nine Matches
Dallas hosts nine matches — most of any venue — including England v Croatia and a semi-final. Here's the AT&T Stadium guide, the bars, the neighbourhoods.
Nine matches. The biggest venue in the tournament. England v Croatia on June 17. A semi-final on July 14. Dallas is hosting more football than any other city in 2026 and it has the stadium to prove it.
AT&T Stadium holds 94,000. That is not a typing error. It is the largest capacity in the tournament, and it sits in Arlington — technically not Dallas, but close enough that the distinction is irrelevant to anyone who is not from Texas.
The Stadium: Biggest In The Tournament
AT&T Stadium is the home of the Dallas Cowboys, and Jerry Jones built it to announce something. The retractable roof, the end-zone video screens that made every other scoreboard in sport feel inadequate, the sheer scale of a structure that seats 94,000 and still manages to feel like somewhere a football match can breathe.
For the tournament, this venue runs nine fixtures: Netherlands v Japan (June 14), England v Croatia (June 17), Argentina v Austria (June 22), Japan v Sweden (June 25), Jordan v Argentina (June 27), plus rounds of 32, 16, and the semi-final on July 14.
The Dallas semi-final is July 14. If England make it that far, this is one of two cities where that happens. The other is Atlanta.
Getting From Dallas To Arlington
This is the transport conversation that every Dallas guide has to have: AT&T Stadium is not in Dallas proper. It is in Arlington, a suburban city between Dallas and Fort Worth. Arlington does not have its own public rail system.
The DART Trinity Railway Express (TRE) runs from downtown Dallas (Union Station) to CentrePort/DFW Airport station, which is the closest TRE stop to Arlington. From there, you need a shuttle or rideshare to the stadium. DART has run direct match-day shuttle services for Cowboys games before, and the tournament organisers are expected to expand that for 2026 — confirm logistics closer to your travel dates.
The Cotton Belt Line (DART Silve