MUSTANG HARRY’S BLOG

The Knicks open their title defense Oct 20 at MSG. Where to watch games in NYC, what makes a good Knicks bar and how to plan a watch party near the Garden.

Most people pick a bar the way they pick a restaurant they’ve never tried — word of mouth, a quick map search, wherever the group lands. That works fine for a Tuesday dinner. For a World Cup knockout match, it’s how you end up in a dim corner watching ninety critical...

The commuter who works two blocks from Penn Station the world cup has a different meaning than the tourist at a hotel on Seventh Avenue, who has a different perspective than the Brooklyn-based fan trying to coordinate with four people coming from different directions....

Somebody has to be the person who figures it out. If that’s you — the one who said “I’ll find a place” before thinking through what that means — this is for you. Planning a World Cup watch party in NYC is messier than it sounds. You’re finding a venue that works for...

For a lot of New York’s World Cup audience, the question isn’t “which neighborhood?” It’s “what’s the best bar I can walk to after stepping off the train?” That’s a practical question, not a lifestyle one. You’ve got a train time, a group assembling from multiple...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to the New York Metro Area, with matches at MetLife Stadium and the kind of citywide energy this tournament generates once in a lifetime. Midtown is where most of that converges: the international hotels, the transit infrastructure,...