UEFA Sets 2026 UCL Final for Budapest on May 30

UEFA has announced that the 2025-2026 Champions League final will take place on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, Hungary, with American rock band The Killers set to headline the prematch opening ceremony sponsored by Pepsi.

The match, the pinnacle of European club football, will kick off at 18:00 Central European Time. It will cap the season's knockout stages, which are currently in the quarterfinals featuring teams including Real Madrid, Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Sporting CP, Barcelona, Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid. All quarterfinal matches are scheduled to begin at 21:00 Cairo time. If the final remains level after 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time will follow, with a penalty shootout to decide the winner if necessary. The 67,000-capacity stadium will host the event, drawing fans from around the world.

The Killers, known for hits like "Mr. Brightside" and "Human," will perform a set of career-spanning favorites just before kickoff to build anticipation. The band expressed enthusiasm in a statement: "When we were asked to perform at the UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show presented by Pepsi, we said yes without...