{"id":15077879,"date":"2026-03-26T20:37:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/a-2-billion-soccer-wave-is-about-to-hit-dallas-is-your-restaurant-ready\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T05:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:47:12","slug":"a-2-billion-soccer-wave-is-about-to-hit-dallas-is-your-restaurant-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/a-2-billion-soccer-wave-is-about-to-hit-dallas-is-your-restaurant-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"A $2 Billion Soccer Wave Is About to Hit Dallas. Is Your Restaurant Ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dallasobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/ww-media\/mediaserver\/dal\/2023-32\/lionel-messi-vs-fcdallas-3-e1774557383785.webp\" style=\"width: 100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div>We spoke with a hospitality expert about what restaurants should be thinking about ahead of the World Cup matches this summer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasobserver.com\/food-drink\/dallas-world-cup-2026-how-restaurants-should-prepare-now-40656670\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">News \u2013 Dallas \u2013 rss.app<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spoke with a hospitality expert about what restaurants should be thinking about ahead of the World Cup matches this 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