About the 2026 Stadium Atlas

Independent stadium reference built and maintained by Infrastructure Catalyst. Not affiliated with FIFA or any organizing committee.

What this is

An interactive map and data reference for the 16 stadiums hosting the 2026 tournament across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Every venue carries an engineering-perspective writeup — capacity, year built, architect, retrofit cost, pitch dimensions and surface, plus viewer-friendly trivia — alongside the full 104-match schedule and the knockout bracket structure.

Why it exists

Most sports coverage of the tournament focuses on teams and predictions. Most architecture coverage profiles one venue at a time. The Atlas is the unified view: stadium engineering and tournament schedule, in one place, with sources cited.

Methodology

Venue data is sourced from public records, official stadium sites, architect firm portfolios, and engineering press (ENR, Construction Dive, Sportico). Every field is flagged first_pass_needs_verification on the initial pass and gets cross-referenced individually before it's marked verified.
Match scheduleis pulled programmatically from Wikipedia's 2026 FIFA World Cup group articles + knockout stage article via the MediaWiki action API. Re-runnable via scripts/fetch-fifa-schedule.mjs as the source updates. Group-stage team matchups are locked from the December 2025 draw; knockout-stage team matchups populate as group results come in.
Photosare sourced via Wikipedia's REST summary API and credited per-image. Photo licenses on Wikimedia Commons vary per file — every image URL needs an individual license check before public launch.
Trivia and engineering notes are written from public knowledge and reviewed by a licensed PE before the verification flag flips. Corrections welcome — open an issue on GitHub.

Open data

Every venue, match, and team data file lives in the data/ folder of the GitHub repository as JSON. Re-use freely.

Contributions

Found a wrong capacity? A misnamed architect? A stale source link? The fastest path is a GitHub issue or pull request:

Open an issue ↗Edit venues.json directly ↗

Brand

Built by Infrastructure Catalyst — a biweekly newsletter and reference site for infrastructure project managers, civil engineers, and the curious. The Stadium Atlas is IC's second open-data product, sibling to the Transportation AI Policy Tracker.

Disclaimer

Tournament and venue references are factual. No FIFA marks or team crests are used. For entertainment and reference only.

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