A craft brewery has filled one of downtown Portland's most ornate vacant buildings with soccer fans, beer, and pizza.

Away Days Brewing is hosting ticketed World Cup watch parties inside the historic U.S. National Bank building at 321 SW 6th Ave, turning the landmark's grand banking hall into a large-scale viewing venue for every remaining match.

The watch parties run through the World Cup Final on Sunday, July 19.

The building, designed by architect A.E. Doyle and opened in 1917, closed to the public in 2023 after more than a century as a financial hub. Its main hall measures 100 feet long with 30-foot ceilings, polished marble columns, and an intricately coffered ceiling. The space now holds a giant projection screen, a pizza parlor, foosball tables, and a beer bar.

The venue hosted its first watch party on Thursday, June 25, for the U.S. Men's National Team match against Turkey. OregonLive reporter Dave Killen, who attended, wrote that when Team USA scored early, "the crowd's roar echoed off the high and decorative ceiling."

Away Days Brewing was founded in 2019 by British transplants Niki Diamond and Pete Hoppins, a married couple who previously ran the Toffee Club pub in Portland.

The brewery's name comes from English soccer culture, referring to the tradition of traveling to watch your team play in another city. Their regular taproom operates out of 1234 SE Cora St in the Brooklyn neighborhood.

The watch parties represent the first public use of the building since U.S. Bank's departure. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a Portland Historic Landmark, with six 54-foot Corinthian columns anchoring its 6th Avenue facade.

Tickets are required for all watch parties, and the brewery's website says marquee matches will sell out. Pricing and the full schedule are available at awaydaysbrewing.com/world-cup-2026.