Where to watch the FIFA World Cup in the Twin Cities

🏙️ Downtown Minneapolis' Nicollet Mall will host Minnesota United FC's watch party throughout the group stage, with match broadcasts on the big screen, food trucks, live DJs and Loons-themed giveaways.

• Admission is free, but requires a ticket — and admission will be first-come, first-served. Through June 27

🇬🇧 Pro tip: Nearby, noted soccer-supporter havens The Local and Brit's Pub — with its famed rooftop lawn — will also be showing matches.

🇲🇽 Malcolm Yards is throwing a kickoff watch party for the opening match between South Africa and tournament co-host Mexico on Thursday.

⛱️ Play on Payne is repurposing a Payne-Phalen parking lot into a summer-long festival site that will show the 11am, 2pm and 5pm World Cup games. Fridays through Sundays

🛝 East Lake Street's El Nuevo Campo park will host a watch party with arts performances, a film screening and a beer garden from nearby Arbeiter Brewing Co. June 23-27

🇸🇪 The American Swedish Institute is cheering on Sweden with two free watch parties. June 20 and 25; Free

🇺🇸 Utepils Taproom will be taken over by a World Cup Street Fair on Independence Day, which promises international food, live music and a kids soccer tournament. July 4, 10-8pm

• Throughout the tournament, Utepils will also show every match they can during business hours.

🔥 Plus: Some reliable watch spots all tournament long: The Black Hart of Saint Paul, Kieran's Irish Pub, Merlin's Rest Pub, North Loop Green, Ninth Street Soccer & Coffee.

• And then there's La Doña Cervecería, which is offering a $5 match-day beer special.

Go deeper: Tips via Meet Minneapolis and Mpls.St.Paul magazine.