Santa Barbara is gearing up for the World Cup, with local sports watch sites expecting big crowds. The Santa Barbara Public Market, which has one of the largest TVs on the Central Coast at 100 inches, will be showing all the games.

Popular Viewing Spots

Other popular places to watch the World Cup include the Press Room, Dargan’s, O’Malley’s, Institution Ale, Finney’s Crafthouse Buena Onda, and the newly remodeled Sandbar. Some fans will be cheering on the US team, while others will be supporting their home countries, including Qatar and Austria, which have been training in Montecito and at UC Santa Barbara.

Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.