Photos: Kansas City's FIFA Fan Festival fills with Mexico fans for first World Cup match 6.9%
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR - By Gabe Rosenberg, Frank Morris, Zach Perez - 6/11/2026, 11:37 PM
Representativeness Heuristic 16.9% - In-Group Bias 12.1% - Negativity Bias 11%
A brief downpour of rain didn’t stop the crowd at Kansas City's FIFA Fan Festival from erupting into cheers when Mexico scored the very first goal of the World Cup. On the festival's first day Thursday, a mariachi band serenaded everyone sauntering through the enormous heart-shaped entry, and the music matched just about everyone’s... more