IRON MAIDEN: WORLD TOUR

The SheBelieves Cup is a late-winter invitational that brings elite women’s national soccer teams through U.S. cities on a tight schedule, with the field changing in recent years. In the New York area it lands at Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, close enough to register as part of the region’s sports calendar even when the matches aren’t in the five boroughs. This edition is paired with a rock/pop booking: Iron Maiden, a veteran heavy-metal act known for disciplined playing and theatrical staging. The contrast says something about how modern stadiums function as shared civic stages rather than single-purpose venues.