Leisure

Your Cup Runneth Over

Unexpected Places to Watch the World Cup

Sure, you could cram into the usual sports bars to watch the World Cup... or you could head to a modern art museum or your private rooftop cabana. Cabana sounds kind of Brazilian.

FOR ROOFTOPPING POOLSIDE

Altitude at SLS

You Require: A personal flat-screen for you and five to nine friends. On a rooftop.
You’ll Receive: Your private flat-screen-equipped cabana by SLS Hotel’s (very shallow) pool, with guacamole made tableside and whiskey sour popsicles. Watching all these guys running really gets you parched.

FOR MODERN ART ADJACENCY

The Hammer Museum Courtyard

You Require: A picturesque courtyard in a renowned museum. Hey, whatever works.
You’ll Receive: Sandwiches and beer from Ammo in the Hammer’s courtyard, where giant projector screens will materialize once the games hit the Round of 16. Art exists in many mediums.

FOR A LOT OF BRAZILIAN PIZZA

Bella Vista

You Require: A taste of the host country.
You’ll Receive: A jumble of big and small screens at Little Brazil’s pizza place Bella Vista—with live samba during tomorrow’s opening ceremony. Twenty bucks gets you unlimited pizza topped with stroganoff, top sirloin and guava paste. You bring the beer and wine.

FOR GOING DEEP UNDERGROUND

Crane’s Downtown

You Require: A screen bigger than you. Hidden somewhere below Downtown.
You’ll Receive: Eight feet of projector screen, three TV sets, gin and tonics, and tacos in what used to be an old bank vault. You’ll take your withdrawal in tacos, please...

FOR AN INDUSTRY SCREENING, SORT OF

The Paley Center for Media

You Require: A legit screening room with Angelenos who treat movies like 18th-century literature.
You’ll Receive: A handsome wood-accented theater at the Paley Center. There probably won’t be any face paint here. Probably.