As Bay Area hosts World Cup, empty red seats are everywhere at Levi's Stadium
The Bay Area is hosting the World Cup, but empty red seats were visible at Levi's Stadium during the match between Qatar and Switzerland. The empty seats were particularly noticeable on the east side of the stadium, which can get very hot during the year. The stadium, which can hold over 70,000 people for soccer matches, had a smooth entry process due to the lack of tailgating allowed for World Cup matches.
- ▪There were thousands of empty seats at Levi's Stadium for the World Cup match between Qatar and Switzerland.
- ▪FIFA blamed empty seats during a previous match on fans watching from the concourses.
- ▪Levi's Stadium can hold over 70,000 people for soccer matches, but had empty seats visible during the Qatar-Switzerland match.
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As Bay Area hosts World Cup, empty red seats are everywhere at Levi's Stadium June 13, 20265:06 PM ET By The Associated Press Fans watch from the stands during the World Cup Group B soccer match between Qatar and Switzerland in Santa Clara, Calif., near San Francisco, Saturday, June 13, 2026. Eakin Howard/AP hide caption toggle caption Eakin Howard/AP SANTA CLARA, Calif. — There appeared to be thousands of empty seats scattered throughout Levi's Stadium for the World Cup match between Qatar and Switzerland on Saturday. On an unseasonably warm June afternoon by Bay Area standards, with the temperature at kickoff around 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 degrees Celsius), many of those vacant seats were on the east side of the stadium that typically can get very hot for much of the year.
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