Summer Soccer Coastal Sprint

Your busiest June is 15 days away. Most NC coast bars haven’t noticed.

The summer’s biggest international soccer tournament kicks off June 11. Tens of thousands of soccer-aware tourists from Raleigh, Charlotte, DC, and the NYC metro are landing on the NC coast for vacation. Almost no bar between New Bern and Wilmington is marketing a watch party. A two-tier sprint package gets your bar there before kickoff.

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Sales close June 8, 2026. Kickoff is June 11.

The Gap

$1.15B in visitor spending. Zero bars positioned to capture it.

I checked every bar across New Bern, Morehead City, Emerald Isle, Swansboro, and Jacksonville. Not one is marketing for soccer in any form — not the tournament, not EPL on Saturdays, nothing. The Crystal Coast tourism calendar has nothing scheduled. Three European national teams are training in NC and no one is using the angle.

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Carteret County visitor spending, 2024 (11th of 100 NC counties)
Visit NC Tourism Impact, 2024
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Onslow County visitor spending, 2024 (record — Jacksonville & Swansboro)
Visit NC Tourism Impact, 2024
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Emerald Isle peak summer population (12x permanent residents)
Town of Emerald Isle
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Fort Macon State Park visitors, 2024 (2nd most-visited state park in NC)
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Two Tiers

Two sprints. One goal: ship before kickoff.

Starter $500

Get on the map for the group stage.

  • Custom-branded fixture list graphic (your name, your colors)
  • 8 match-day social posts for your top draws
  • 1 Facebook Event for opening weekend
  • 1-page “how to use this” guide

Delivered in up to 5 business days. Best for bars with an existing audience that just need the content.

Pro $1,500

Own your town’s “where to watch” search.

  • Everything in Starter
  • Full Google Business Profile soccer overhaul (attributes, photos, Q&A primed for tournament-related keywords)
  • A “Where to Watch Soccer in Columbus NC” page we host and keep updated — tourists searching Google find your bar
  • GBP posts for all 12 marquee matches
  • Social posts for every group-stage match (up to 24)
  • Email blast copy you send from your list

Delivered in 7 business days. Best for bars that want to be THE soccer destination in their town.

What You Get

Operational assets, not templates.

No drafts. No templates to customize yourself. Branded for your bar, your colors, your specials, your match selections. Ship it.

Fixture-list graphic

Print it. Tape it on the door. Post it on Facebook. The whole group stage on a single image with your bar branded at the top.

Match-day social posts

Day-before + day-of captions for USMNT, host openers, England vs Croatia, Argentina, Brazil. Drop in your specials, schedule, ship.

Google Business Profile

Soccer-tagged attributes, fresh photos, Q&A primed for “watch soccer near me” searches. Match-day posts scheduled for 12 marquee games.

Watch-party landing page

“Where to Watch the Matches in [Your Town] NC” hosted on my domain. Indexed by Google, linkable from your socials, updated through the tournament.

Why Now

15 days to kickoff. Sales close June 8.

Tournament kicks off June 11

Mexico vs South Africa at 3pm ET, opening match at Estadio Azteca.

USMNT opens June 12

9pm ET vs Paraguay at SoFi Stadium, LA. Friday primetime. Biggest first-week TV window.

Sales close June 8

After June 8, I can still ship, but you would miss opening weekend, the biggest matchday of the early group stage.

Tournament runs through July 19

Group stage June 11–27. Round of 16 starts June 28. Final at MetLife Stadium July 19. Six weeks of programmed evening anchor.

Common Questions

What bar owners actually ask.

Tens of thousands of soccer-aware tourists from Raleigh, Charlotte, DC, and the NYC metro are arriving for vacation each week of June. Vacation rentals run Saturday-to-Saturday and the tournament hits three of those Saturdays. First bar in each town to publish a clear 'where to watch' plan owns the local search for six weeks.

The Pro tier includes a hosted page we keep updated. Tourists searching Google for where to watch in your town find your bar. You don't need to touch your website.

Yes — sound off, captions on, fixture list on the door is enough. Many tournament matches are family-friendly daytime windows. Pizza places, breweries, taco bars all qualify if you have at least one TV.

I can still build for you. You'd miss the opening weekend (June 11–14, the biggest first-week TV window), but group stage runs through June 27 and the knockouts go through July 19. Six weeks of programmed evening anchor.

One bar per town gets the call-out treatment in my regional content. First in, first served.

The clock is ticking. Sales close June 8.

15 minutes on the phone. I’ll show you the fixture-list mock. You’ll see exactly what your bar would look like to a tourist searching “where to watch soccer in Columbus NC”. If it’s not worth doing, I’ll say so.

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