Buffalo's Silo City Becomes A Hub For World Cup 2026 Fun

The World Cup is coming up in 6 weeks and there is a spot in Western New York that is going to become a hot spot for World Cup games. New York State is giving some serious money to turn this Western New York spot into a viewing party.

New York State was giving out a ton of money to certain areas who were going to become 'premiere' world cup viewing destinations and in Buffalo, New York that was Silo City. They are going to project the games ONTO THE SILOS! Games start on Thursday, June 11 for the World Cup. According to the New York State website:

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that Buffalo’s Silo City will serve as a premier destination for the FIFA World Cup 2026™, projecting five select matches onto the towering facades of its historic grain elevators. Throughout the tournament—running from June 11 to July 19—the site will broadcast every match, complemented by world culture programming and local food truck pairings. This global celebration will be anchored by community soccer clinics in the weeks leading up to the event, all set against Silo City’s legendary post-industrial backdrop, which houses the world’s largest collection of grain elevators and the onsite Duende Bar & Restaurant. These public viewings during the FIFA World Cup 2026™ will be hosted by Silo City in partnership with the City of Buffalo.

How much is a World Cup ticket? Have you looked at the prices of a World Cup ticket?

The World Cup will be played at Met Life Stadium home of the New York Jets and the New York Giants, but the closest place to Western New York that will host games will actually be Rogers Stadium in Toronto, Canada. FIFA released a few more tickets to certain games in the first round of the World Cup, but those were quickly sold out. For reference, some of those tickets were as cheap as only $140. Though, now you can only buy a ticket on the secondary market and a ticket to go to either one of the New York or Toronto hosted games are $600 at the cheapest.