Vol. 1 — No. 5Weekend Episode · Thu–Sun, Jul 16–19, 2026 · South Knoxville, TN★ soknoear.com
Vol. 1 — No. 5 · Jul 16–19★ soknoear.com
The South Knoxville Ear — We Hear Things.
Wanna party in the Dirty South?
★ Tonight's plan: happy hours → music → karaoke →
Kern'sSun

Spain's in the final. Tickets start at $7,253 — or you could walk to Kern's.

The World Cup ends Sunday afternoon at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The cheapest seat in the building costs about as much as a used car. South Knoxville has a big screen and a shorter drive.

Sunday, 3 o'clock

Spain punched its ticket Tuesday, beating France 2–0 in Dallas. Its opponent gets settled Wednesday afternoon, when England and Argentina meet in Atlanta. Whoever survives that plays Spain on Sunday at three, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the whole thing.

When
Sun, Jul 19 · 3 PM ET
Where
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
Tickets
From $7,253 — if you want to be in the room
Or
Kern's big screen, 2201 Kern's Rising Way
Saturday
Third-place match · 5 PM

If you'd like to be there in person, the door is open — it just costs $7,253 to walk through it. That's the starting price. Per seat. Before the flight.

Or: Kern's has been South Knoxville's World Cup headquarters since the group stage, running One Knox watch parties on the outdoor big screen match after match, and its tournament banner runs through Sunday — the final's date, exactly. What the food hall hasn't posted is a start time for the last one, so if you're planning around it, call ahead. One quirk on the schedule either way: Ella Pinchok is booked for a solo set from 1 to 4, which means the music and the 3 o'clock kickoff are going to have to work something out.

And the consolation game — France against whoever loses Wednesday — is Saturday at 5, which is also, conveniently, right before the silent disco a few steps away.

Original Dirty South Map Found

Click to see the original map of Knoxville’s Dirty South that was recently unearthed for the public to see.

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