Half a century of gridiron history, and a crowd loud enough to enter the record books: in 2014 Chiefs fans set the Guinness mark for the loudest roar at an outdoor stadium, 142.2 decibels.
Argentina meet Algeria in a Group J fixture on 16 June 2026 - one of six matches the venue stages at the tournament.
Ecuador face Curaçao in Group E on 20 June 2026.
Tunisia take on the Netherlands in Group F on 25 June 2026.
Algeria meet Austria to close out Group J on 27 June 2026, the last of the venue's four group-stage matches.
The largest crowd in the stadium's history came in its first season, when 82,094 watched the Chiefs beat the Raiders - the open bowl seated far more before later renovations trimmed capacity to its present all-seater figure.
A car-first metro with a free downtown RideKC Streetcar; the stadium sits in the Truman Sports Complex off Interstate 70, ringed by vast parking lots famous for their tailgates.
Traveller's tip: the ground is a few miles east of downtown with no rail link to its door, so plan for a shuttle, ride-hail or the legendary parking-lot tailgate before kickoff.
Kansas City has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) with four distinct seasons. June is warm, humid and the wettest month of the year, when warm Gulf air feeds afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the plains.
A half-century institution of American football, Arrowhead arrives at its first World Cup with a fearsome reputation for noise rather than altitude. Built back-to-back with a baseball ground in 1972, it once registered the loudest crowd roar ever recorded outdoors - 142.2 decibels - and its forebears in red, the old Wizards, played a dozen seasons of league football on this turf. Six matches in 2026 - four in the group stage, plus a Round of 32 tie and a quarter-final; the Sea of Red merely changes which game it bellows at.