Albany To Host Free World Cup Watch Parties

There's very few events quite like the World Cup. Every nation on earth is vying for the exact same thing: the right to be the best soccer (or football if you're insufferable) club on earth.

This year, the Cup is headed to America, and the finals will be in New York City. As such, the state's Capital Region will be doing everything they can to make it an experience...

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Watch Parties in the Capital Region

Obviously, there's going to be a lot of games over the next few weeks, and it'll be hard to watch them all. Especially when tickets are in the tens of thousands for each event, and local bars and restaurants will be charging for entrance.

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Luckily, cities across the Capital Region have been preparing for this. Schenectady and Troy already have multiple days set aside for free watch parties throughout the city that will broadcast games live.

Albany Watch Parties

As the Capital City, Albany is pulling out all the stops. They will host three separate watch parties, streamed live, for free. Food and beverages will be available.

The watch parties are:

• June 12 at Jennings Landing
  • Canada v. Bosnia and Herzegovina @ 3 p.m.
  • USA v. Paraguay @ 9 p.m.
• June 19 at Jennings Landing
  • USA v. Australia @ 3 p.m.
  • Scotland v. Morocco @ 8 p.m.
  • Brazil v. Haiti @ 8:30 p.m.
• June 20 at West Capitol Park
  • Netherlands vs. Sweden @ 1 p.m.
  • Germany vs. Ivory Coast @ 4 p.m.
• June 25 at Jennings Landing
  • USA v. Türkiye @ 10 p.m.

The events are presented by Wolff’s Biergarten & Discover Albany.