Case Study · Consulting

World Cup 2026, Atlanta

Every premium suite and hospitality space, ready for the world, match after match.

MB3 role: hospitality delivery team · Client: Arena Group
At a Glance

The project in numbers

175
Private & corporate suites
9
Hospitality spaces
8
Matches in Atlanta
8
Vendor partners
Hospitality programOn Location
SeasonSummer 2026
MB3 roleMember of the hospitality delivery team
Vendor managementFlorals, furniture, and graphics
OperationsScheduling and logistics, accreditation
BuildLoad in and load out
The Invitation

A global stage, one home team standard

Hospitality at global scale is still hospitality: one guest, one room, one moment at a time.

The world arrived in Atlanta, and every premium guest expected a suite that felt finished, personal, and ready from the first whistle.

Behind that moment sat 175 suites, nine hospitality spaces, a full roster of specialty vendors, and a match calendar with no room for anything to be late.

MB3 partnered with the delivery team to bring that hospitality infrastructure to life, so every space felt effortless to the guests inside it.

The MB3 Approach

How we carried the build

Intentionally

One master plan

  • Load in and load out schedules built around the match calendar
  • Lounge openings and closings planned match by match
  • Risks named early, with a plan for each
Intimately

Vendors as partners

  • Florals, furniture, graphics, AV, storage, and labor coordinated as one team
  • Weekly touchpoints with the On Location hospitality team
  • Accreditation so the right people were on site at the right time
Intricately

Room by room detail

  • Florals and finishing touches for every suite
  • Welcome desks, photo moments, and signage tracked to the space
  • Each space walked and confirmed before guests arrived
Moments That Mattered

Details guests felt, even if they never saw them

175 suites
01

175 suites, one standard

From field level suites to the most premium spaces, every room carried the same finished welcome: branded graphics and fresh florals, suite after suite.

The reset
02

The quiet reset

Lounges opened and closed on different match days. Each turnaround was scheduled in advance, so spaces reset cleanly and guests only ever saw them at their best.

One rhythm
03

Many vendors, one rhythm

Eight specialty vendors worked to a single calendar, with clear access, timing, and load out plans, so a crowded build never felt crowded to the guest.

Match day
04

Match day, fully alive

The real measure was the room on match day: guests gathered, celebrating, and completely at home in spaces that were ready for them.

Results

What was delivered

Every space under MB3's scope was ready for every match. On Location's guest experience team counted about 20,550 guests served across the lounges and suites.

20,550
Guests served, about
2,225
Guests per match, matches 1 to 6
4,600
Guests at match 8
175
Suites delivered
  • Hospitality infrastructure delivered across all eight Atlanta matches
  • Load in, resets, and load out completed on the match calendar
  • Supported the Arena Group venue management team in service of On Location, one of the largest premium hospitality companies in sports
  • Florals, furniture, graphics, AV, storage, and labor partners aligned to one standard
In Their Words
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“Thank you for making my dreams come true. You are the best.”
“I stand in gratitude and humility as well as excitement that Flowering Events was chosen for the World Cup floral gig. Today was an absolute stellar day, and there’ll be more of those to come in our preparation and execution.”
Flowering Events · Floral Partner
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