The 2026 FIFA World Cup commenced with Mexico winning the first of the 104 World Cup games June 11. The first game at Dallas Stadium was June 14, with the Netherlands playing Japan.

For soccer fans in Fort Worth, there are a few places hosting watch parties throughout the city, including a couple in north Fort Worth. This list is not comprehensive.

Andretti Indoor Karting & Games
The entertainment venue will be showing FIFA games throughout the tournament. In addition, there will be match-day menus with exclusive food and beverage offerings available only during the games, according to a social media post. Andretti will offer discounted race packages during the World Cup, as well.

• 2701 Andretti Karting Drive, Fort Worth

• 5711 Golden Triangle Blvd., Fort Worth

QuikTrip will be bringing a store to Roanoke.

Zooming in: During the June 9 City Council meeting, a site plan for a convenience store on a 6.168-acre tract of land. It is located in the northeast corner of US 377 and Bobcat Boulevard, near Byron Nelson High School.

The proposal shows the gas station will have 16 gasoline pumps and the store will be 6,445 square feet, according to city documents.

QuikTrip, a Tulsa-based company, sells snacks, coffee, ice cream, fountain drinks, donuts, beer, wine and lottery tickets.

• US 377 and Bobcat Boulevard, Roanoke

Check out five upcoming and ongoing transportation projects in Dallas-Fort Worth.

1. FM 1515 widening

Project: Texas Department of Transportation documents show FM 1515 will undergo renovations to widen the roadway from two lanes to six lanes, which will be divided by a median.

Update: Crews are relocating water and wastewater utilities ahead of the road widening. Future utilities relocations include telecommunications lines and energy utilities. Utilities relocations are expected to be complete in March 2027.

• Timeline: TxDOT officials to start accepting bids for the project in March 2027
• Cost: $69.48 million
• Funding source: TBD

• Timeline: January 2026-December 2026
• Cost: $5.2 million
• Funding source: city of McKinney

As the 2026-27 school year nears, the number of people selected to participate in Texas’ education savings account program has topped 100,000.

The overview: To date, just over 102,000 students have been accepted into the Texas Education Freedom Accounts program, which gives families state funds to send their children to private schools or homeschool them.

However, being awarded funds does not mean a student is guaranteed to be able to use that money at a participating private school this fall.

Zooming in: Over 2,600 private schools have been approved to accept TEFA funding, per the state comptroller's office. State law does not require schools participating in the program to accept all interested families.

Next steps: Families accepted into the program have until July 15 to do one of the following:

• Confirm enrollment at a private school involved in the program
• Notify the state of their homeschooling plans
• Opt out of the program