KC2026: Charter busses will take you to World Cup matches

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23-05-2025

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Local leaders just completed a survey on how fans and residents want to get around the city when the FIFA World Cup comes to town next year.
The survey's closed, according to KC2026, the local planning committee preparing for the six matches taking place at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in June and July of 2026. The survey addressed questions about transportation.
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One of the questions was if services were available, would you consider using public transportation to get to and from World Cup games instead of driving a car.
Thursday, KC2026 Chief Operations Officer Lindsey Douglas said there will be a bus that will take fans to the stadium if they're planning to go to a match.
'Those busses will be charter busses,' Douglas said. 'That is the type of bus that will be used. Related to that specific survey question, busses are viewed as public transportation, right?'
'Whether they're charter or not?' FOX4 responded.
'Right, no matter the type of bus, that is kind of the approach that we're taking.'
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In March, KC2026 announced they've secured 200 busses for the World Cup. Fans will go to a park and ride location and then go to the stadium. The park and ride locations have not been made known.
'We are hoping to announce them later this summer,' Douglas said, talking about the locations. 'We have another deliverable, kind of a next round deliverable due to FIFA in October.'
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority Chief Operating Officer Chuck Ferguson said you likely won't be taking a KCATA bus to a game. Instead, he said you could take one to connect to the Streetcar on Main Street and then head to the National World War I Museum and Memorial for Fan Fest.
'It's going to be highly secured around there,' Ferguson said of the area south of Union Station. 'There's going to be a lot of congestion around there, probably a lot of pedestrian congestion, and so we don't want to be driving into that area. People are going to have a really hard time driving their own vehicles to that area, so we absolutely advocate people taking the Streetcar as much as possible, and we'll get them there at various locations north and south.'
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Ferguson also said there could be less than 2,000 parking spots available match day at the stadium.
'You as a Chiefs fan that goes to a regular game, you're used to driving there,' he continued. 'Maybe you tailgate, maybe you don't, but you're used to parking, not going to happen for World Cup.'
KC2026 should get the results back sometime next week.
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