World Cup watch party map finds fellow supporters
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With the World Cup in full swing, Watch Party Radar shows you where to catch the latest match from anywhere in the world.
The context: Stefan and Dennis Tan built the database and map because they often travel for work and found it difficult to find a place to watch sporting events with fellow fans.
- "The World Cup felt like the perfect moment to fix (that), because cheering alongside fellow countrymen makes it come alive even more," Stefan tells Axios.
- "I am Dutch and moved to the US, so I am always hunting for the bar with orange in it (you can imagine how that goes)."
How it works: Watch Party Radar aggregates websites, social media posts, and articles about venues offering viewing opportunities and makes them accessible on a map.
- No business has to sign up or pay, and it's open to users.
- Search for your city, and if it's not there, the Watch Party Radar will add it.
The intrigue: The database started with 100 cities and around 5,000 venues, and now has more than 300 cities and 25,000 venues, Stefan says.
Reality check: Time matters. Since the matches are very late for some countries, finding venues that stay open late is useful.
Plus, fans care who else will be there. They want to cheer alongside their fellow fans from their home country and feel the collective spirit of the World Cup.