Los Angeles dome lets France fans feel like they are at Gillette Stadium | OneFootball

In Los Angeles, France fans watched Norway-France inside a 30-metre, 180-degree dome that made Foxborough feel next door. Midday in California, three hours behind and 5,000 kilometres away, still felt like sitting in the Gillette Stadium.

Viewpoints shifted in real time, from the main stand for Kylian Mbappé’s early effort against the bar to beside Egil Selvik’s left post when Ousmane Dembélé opened the scoring. According to L'Équipe, celebrations later echoed Foxborough as supporters leapt for Mbappé’s double and then his hat-trick.

Cosm aims to make every pass, save and goal visceral, and a few hundred watched from padded black sofas. FOX Sports commentary was carried, while a local director blended multiple camera feeds to create a shared-reality broadcast, even replicating Mike Maignan’s angle for the saved penalty.

Among them, 61-year-old Jean-Christophe Huttepain, a tennis coach who has lived locally for 30 years, came with family and friends. A lifelong France devotee who first swooned at the venue during PSG-Bayern’s 5-4, he reckoned the energy cannot match a ground, yet the clarity and angles cut out any need for replays.

Seats under the three-tier dome at Hollywood Park cost around one hundred dollars, with resale near a thousand for the last 16. Americans made up the bulk, many in France or PSG shirts, and Edwin brought his son to mark a birthday, joking that Michael Olise fandom runs in the family.

Fourteen-year-old Franco-American Jules was on his third visit, wearing the latest top and converting his mother, Shula, and cousin, Carter, to tricolour colours. They likened it to the cinema, only better, and even copied the stadium’s wave on 68 minutes and the “ro” on 75 between bites.

Source: L'Équipe