KultureCity opening new soccer street court for FIFA World Cup 2026

If you drove past the KultureCity National Accessibility Park campus this weekend, you probably noticed a new FIFA-branded court going up in the former steam plant’s parking lot. But what is it?

New FIFA street court opening in Birmingham

According to local nonprofit KultureCity co-founder Julian Maha, the new “street court” is a joint project between the KultureCity, the Birmingham Legion FC and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

Located in the parking lot of KultureCity’s future National Accessibility Park, the new street court is one of only two non-host site street courts in the run-up to the FIFA World Cup 2026, an international soccer tournament set to take place between June 11 and July 19, 2026.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino is expected to visit Birmingham in early April to open the new soccer facility.

“KultureCity is proud to facilitate this whole thing  — connecting the city of Birmingham, Birmingham Legion, US Soccer together with the global world of soccer in FIFA. Bottom line, that’s really our hope, to make the steam plant property an international and national destination where anyone can come and feel accepted and included.”

KultureCity co-founder Julian Maha

The new pitch will be open to the public and there are plans to hold soccer clinics with Legion FC and U.S. Soccer, according to Maha,

Birmingham is one of two communities that are not World Cup host cities to install a FIFA street court. The other location is in Oakland.

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