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Apollo Theater opens for World Cup Soccer viewing

By Kevin Hieronymus
The Apollo Theater is located at 455 S. Main St. in Princeton.

The Apollo Theater, located at 455 S. Main St. in Princeton, will offer free showings of the FIFA World Cup soccer games for Team USA. (Scott Anderson)

Are you a big soccer fan?

Looking for somewhere to watch the FIFA Women’s World Cup on a big screen?

Apollo Theater in Princeton is just the place.

Jay Schneider, owner of the Apollo Theater, a big soccer fan, is opening his doors for free special viewings of the US Women’s World Cup Games.

The FIFA fest at the Apollo starts Friday night when Team USA takes on Vietnam.

The USA game vs. the Netherlands will also be shown on Wednesday.

Schneider will be right there watching it with everyone.

“Soccer is my whole family’s passion and so we have been showing games from time to time for years mostly to the Princeton High School soccer teams,” Schneider said. “Since the World Cup is only every four years we’ve always made an effort to show one or two games be it men or women World Cup.”

Schneider said she’s not sure what kind of attendance he will get, but that’s not important.

“It’s more about raising awareness and maybe get someone else to be as excited about the game as we are,” he said.

Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. both nights with the games to start at 8 p.m.