Pride House organizers Nick Ward, third from left, and Zac Brown, second from right, joined with attendees at a recent soccer watch party at Rikki’s women’s sports bar in the Castro.

Photo: Steven Underhill

With the Bay Area one of the regions that will play host to the 2026 World Cup soccer matches, a hospitality suite catering to LGBTQ fans is being planned for when the competitions kick off next June. Fundraising for it is already underway, while programming decisions will be finalized in the new year.

Dubbed Pride House San Francisco Bay Area 2026, it will be located in San Francisco even though the six games scheduled for the region will be played at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. It is to be housed largely at the San Francisco LGBT Community Center, which has partnered with the Sa

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