We Raced to EVERY World Cup Stadium in 7 Days
Video Overview & Insights
Can we visit all 16 world cup stadiums in just 7 days? TPG's Nicky Kelvin and Liam Spencer set out on an ambitious coast-to-coast challenge, racing across North America using planes and trains to see how many iconic sports venues they can reach. From major cities and legendary stadiums to unexpected travel hiccups, this is one of our wildest travel experiments yet.
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Along the way, we'll compare the realities of rail travel versus flying, test tight connections, and discover which mode of transportation is best for covering huge distances on a deadline.
United States, Canada & Mexico | Filmed 2026
Lots of terrible travel advice here. Ignoring most transit over insane speed. An uber from Philly to NY? Crazy.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
RIP Spirit Airlines 🪦
01:05 - Sofi Stadium (Los Angeles)
05:30 - Levi’s Stadium (San Francisco Bay Area)
The train trip between Seattle and Vancouver is stunning. You get views of the Puget Sound that can only be accessed by boat otherwise. Well worth the trip (and it's not really that much slower, given border crossing).
06:50 - Estadio Azteca (Mexico City)
11:46 - Lumen Field (Seattle)
Interesting contest
12:23 - Estadio Akron (Guadalajara)
16:17 - Estadio Monterrey (Monterrey)
Ahem. No other stadium has a Mountain View like that? Seattle with Mt Rainier (Tahoma) and the Olympics would like to have a word.
17:31 - BC Place (Vancouver)
20:54 - NRG Stadium (Houston)
Nicky should've been DQ'd for not taking a train.
25:38 - AT&T Stadium (Dallas)
26:29 - Hardrock Stadium (Miami)
Good video, but far too many ads!
29:00 - Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City)
35:05 - Atlanta Stadium (Atlanta)
if you had did this in Doha, it would have taken you half a day at most
37:04 - BMO Field (Toronto)
40:30 - Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia)
Liam literally could have probably won by over a day if he used the right routing and airlines.
40:59 - Metlife Stadium (New York)
43:54 - Gillette Stadium (Boston)
You put the pin in Guadalajara Wrong.
Your hosts today were:
Nicky Kelvin: https://www.instagram.com/nickykelvin/
“A delta airlines e175” oh girl its absolutely not a delta owned plane 😂 you should start including the regional airline flying your flights the level of service is honestly different especially in first eventhough it should be identical
Liam Spencer: https://www.instagram.com/liam_spencer/
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Guadalajara Stadium. What brand is that white pants? I love it!!!
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More User Perspectives
Let’s gooo!
@SpecialforPlanesWow it takes a certain mental fortitude to handle all that traveling! Well done gentlemen!
@Livin4the-other-sideSome of those map pins are in completely wrong spots lol
@DiamondOrPoor78Really enjoyed this. Whose going to win the world cup?
@conanking5843I actually watched this video from start to finish. Good job guys 👏🏽
@BowtiesRcooolIm a registered medical doctor in Mexico but constantly going from US to Mexico and Vice versa. I’m a dual citizen of both countries
@drose44444You totally missed going to Auditorio Nacional to get some awesome hauches or Mercado Coyacan tostadas
@drose44444Actually Mexico City’s metro is a lot more efficient and cheaper
@drose44444My goodness!! Nicky, you could have gone to Philly's 30th Street Station where you could have gotten a train to Trenton and the transfer to NJ Transit and then right up to Newark Airport where you could have caught an Uber to MetLife.
Liam, why oh why did you fly into JFK at the end when Newark was so much closer.
Nevertheless, a fun time watching you all jaunt around North America!
Fake video, nobody was denied entry into the US.
@lvthudWhere you get the money to do it? B.S.
@hectorinspector8470You would have been better off flying into FLL and using the Brightline train to get to Hard Rock.
@jedi6527What a waste of fuel.
@EPiche09You guys are really not competitive enough, no 1 am flight or 6 am. And making any route even tho it may involve flying across your zone if there is a fight
@freja3187I love these
@bradcolby3624The Cascade train from Seattle to Vancouver is getting new train sets soon but not in time for the World Cup sadly. They are being tested right now.
MARTA was supposed to get new trains this week but apparently they are delayed. Supposedly their new tap to pay system is up but last time I took MARTA is was wonky.
Liam should have Ubered it to Providence and caught the Acela to Penn or Newark and then a quick trip to the Stadium in NJ from there. Might have won.
Welcome to Seattle home of the Seahawks and Alaska airlines
@A380Aviation8Welcome to Seattle
That is my home stadium
Kansas City will be running dedicated shuttles between the airport, downtown, and the stadium during the World Cup.
Dallas will have trains leaving from both downtown Fort Worth and Dallas to a station near the stadium and have shuttle buses from there during match days.
There are trains to Boston’s stadium leaving from South Station in Boston.
FYI there is a train to Gillette Stadium, with expanded services for events
@t1m3f0xSo it was a video about the flights and legroom and no about the stadiums...
@ricardodiaz1738New Rule: do it again, but one of you calls Trump a Dick on Youtube, the other calls Trump a Dick on Insta. Have fun.
@nhb1986Porter also has over 50 Embraer E195-E2 jets!
@mattm377I was glad to see snow at the MetLife stadium parking lot in Mew Jersey because it shows that Toronto's leftover snow in March wasn't that exceptional.
@terryomalley1974This very unrealistic travel video brought to you by the ever corrupt FIFA
@bmalachowski5953Did Nicky take a train?
@Benphillips1-py4imGreat video! Also what a fantastic trip.
@IamDiscoDadKansas City is in Missouri, not Kansas.
@donnabarnett653944:45 why did the graphic say EWR when flight was BOS-JFK?
@dylanmullin1237What an INCREDIBLE video guys!
I really enjoyed this one not to mention the fact that it’s a race which is always fun! I love all your guys’ videos at TPG but especially the race videos with Nicky and Liam!
What a sensational video and not just another race video, but also so many helpful tips for people who may be flying to those different destinations for World Cup games! ⚽️ 🏆 I hope to visit the stadium in Seattle even if I don’t actually attend a game this summer. I still think it is one of the best stadiums out there in the US at least, from the outside, I’ve never visited any of them… yet! 😂
Levi stadium in San Francisco also looks pretty awesome, and it’s home to the 49ERS as mentioned! 🙌
Cheers 🥂 mates!
-Caleb
Love the chivas jersey on the way to Philadelphia!
@Kurse11842:35 ✌️👀✌️
@nathanlembke9026Liam could have taken Harbour Air floatplane from Seattle Lake Union to Vancouver Downtown Harbour, since he has taken a train from SEAțo the Lumens Stadium anyway
@johannesarianto2762Great video
@Daniel-ce4mw“New York’s MetLife stadium” buddy that thing is in New Jersey
@dylanhoward389