FC Dallas Training Base Camp for FIFA 2026: What It Means for Plano & Frisco Hotels
- Mar 6
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 7
Most FIFA World Cup travel coverage focuses on AT&T Stadium in Arlington — and rightfully so. Nine matches including a Semi-Final will be played there, making it the most active venue in North Texas. But there's a second story playing out closer to Plano that's worth paying attention to: the base camps.
FC Dallas Stadium Is a Confirmed Training Site
FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco — also known as Toyota Stadium — is one of the designated team training base camps for FIFA World Cup 2026. National teams competing in the tournament will use facilities in the DFW area for daily training sessions, team meetings, and recovery during their time in North Texas. Base camp assignments drive significant hotel demand in the surrounding area.
Plano, Frisco, and The Colony sit in a corridor that puts them within easy reach of both the training facilities and AT&T Stadium. That combination makes this area uniquely valuable for World Cup travel — not just for fans attending matches, but for the teams, coaching staffs, team officials, media, and support organizations that follow national teams throughout the tournament.
What Base Camp Activity Means for Hotels
During the 1994 World Cup — the last time the United States hosted — host cities saw sustained hotel demand from non-fan travelers: team personnel, broadcast crews, FIFA staff, and logistics organizations whose work revolved around where teams were training, not just where they were playing.
For Plano, Frisco, and the Legacy corridor, base camp activity at FC Dallas Stadium creates a demand driver that operates independently of individual match schedules. Teams may train for weeks before their first match. Staff need lodging. Credentialed media need proximity to training sessions. Security and logistics contractors need extended-stay options.
Four Points by Sheraton Plano: Positioned for Both
Four Points by Sheraton Plano sits in the Legacy West corridor — less than 15 minutes from FC Dallas Stadium in Frisco and approximately 25–30 minutes from AT&T Stadium in Arlington. That dual proximity is genuinely unusual. Most hotels in the market serve one corridor or the other.
For travelers whose schedules combine training camp access and match attendance — journalists, team officials, sponsors — the location works in a way that hotels closer to Arlington simply cannot replicate.
Book Before the Final Draw
Hotel inventory across DFW will accelerate rapidly after FIFA announces the official bracket and team assignments. Once it becomes known which national teams are training in Frisco, demand for nearby hotels will spike immediately. Properties in the Legacy/Plano/Frisco corridor will be among the first to fill.
Book direct at planofourpoints.com as a Marriott Bonvoy member to ensure the best available rate and earn points on your stay. For group inquiries — teams, media organizations, or corporate blocks — contact us directly.
