The Rocky statue overlooks the city skyline outside the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Get set for a dose of American history when the World Cup hits Philadelphia this summer.
A famously cracked bell, a weathered fictional fighter and cheesesteaks are all part of the sports menu during the six matches held at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the two-time Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.
Five group stage games will be held at the 69,000-capacity stadium, featuring heavywights like Brazil and France along with Ecuador, Haiti, Curaçao, Croatia, Ghana and Ivory Coast.
The big one comes in the knockout round, a Fourth of July match exactly 250 years after the United States’ Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia.
The obvious ones are the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Elfreth’s Alley, the Franklin Post Office & Museum and many other places you read about in history books. Other visitors may want to see what they watched in movies, namely the “Rocky” franchise.
You can run the Rocky steps before visiting the Rocky Balboa statue, a left-behind prop from “Rocky III” that has stood for decades as a popular attraction and is now inside the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The bronze figure of Rocky Balboa — arms raised in victory, clad in boxing trunks and boots — has become a point of pilgrimage for people around the world.
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