With Arlington hosting nine 2026 FIFA World Cup matches across the span of a month, officials are preparing for a mass influx of visitors to the city and surrounding areas.
With less than a week to go until the first game in AT&T Stadium, which will be renamed Dallas Stadium during the tournament, many eyes are on one dreaded occurrence: traffic congestion.
“We get nine matches here, and we’re prepping and then debriefing and adjusting things based on our first experience,” said Natalie Bettger, senior program manager of congestion management and system operations for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, or NCTCOG. “We get nine opportunities in five weeks to implement, adjust, implement, adjust.”…