{"id":213459,"date":"2026-06-11T23:28:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/usa-today-names-atlanta-stadium-the-best-2026-fifa-world-cup-venue-atlanta-news-first\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:28:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:28:52","slug":"usa-today-names-atlanta-stadium-the-best-2026-fifa-world-cup-venue-atlanta-news-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/usa-today-names-atlanta-stadium-the-best-2026-fifa-world-cup-venue-atlanta-news-first\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Today names Atlanta Stadium the best 2026 FIFA World Cup venue &#8211; Atlanta News First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) \u2014 There are 16 venues for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but only one can be the best. <br \/>USA Today tapped Mercedes-Benz Stadium, known as Atlanta Stadium during the tournament, as the best venue, beating out state-of-the-art venues such as SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles or cathedrals of the sport such as Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. <br \/>The newspaper praised Mercedes-Benz Stadium\u2019s retractable roof and state-of-the-art video board and Atlanta\u2019s passionate fanbases. <br \/>Notably, the ranking sees final venue MetLife Stadium at the bottom, saying the New Jersey stadium \u201cis hard to get to and has a serious identity problem.\u201d<br \/>The entire ranking can be found below. <br \/><i>Copyright 2026 WANF. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOQ2VSOEJnT2VKMXJnQk1teGZraVlhaTdMdFY5c0Z4ekdibUN3UG13Tm1NRHFfR3Vqdkh0QzhhOHNLbkwtZDdPQ1hzSTRHN3MyMmdxZHA4WFczY2JhUjlEZk52RlN5WGJjelZHM0dSOXJLM3ZfVVBmUVI4UkU2WWl5cUYycExpQzJZczNBSXNRYUx3dHRkNHdHTFdrQUFaNkhxT3I0QnBjSXpPR2M?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) \u2014 There are 16 venues for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but only one can be the best. USA Today tapped Mercedes-Benz Stadium, known as Atlanta Stadium during the tournament, as the best venue, beating out state-of-the-art venues such as SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles or cathedrals of the sport [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":213460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-213459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}