mSilicon Valley might be far from the World Cup in Brazil but that doesn't mean local tech companies won't be getting in on the globe's most important soccer event.
Companies like Twitter, Nvidia, and LinkedIn are just a few of the companies showing matches in their offices during the next month and are supposedly encouraging employees to watch their favorite teams.
As the tournament heats up, with up to three matches per day, Evernote, Twitter, Facebook, and Zynga all plan on having the World Cup playing in their conference rooms and other locations in their offices.
"There are no real rules, you can watch as much of the game as you want," said Linda Kozlowski, Evernote's vice president of worldwide operations.
Kozowski said she expect employees to bring laptops along and work while watching their favorite team.
A number of this year's matches are scheduled during office hours in California, which could mean trouble for places known for demanding work schedules.
Electronic Arts Inc., which makes the 2014 World Cup Brazil videogame, is hosting "viewing parties" at its offices, including in a big-screen theater at its Redwood City headquarters, according to Reuters.
The top technology companies attract talents from all over the world, making for diverse engineering departments which often include a number of huge soccer fans.
At least half of Silicon Valley's residents speak a language other than English at home, compared to a fifth of people across the U.S., according to the US Census Bureau.
Cafeterias located inside Nvidia's 4,000-employee Santa Clara headquarters plan on showing matches throughout the tournament, according to human resources manager Stephanie Luck.
"Because we hold our large meetings in cafeterias, we already have big screens and projectors. So the World Cup or (San Francisco) Giants World Series, anything super-important like that, you can walk into the cafeteria and it's just a sea of people," she added, according to Reuters.
When stars like David Beckham arrived to play in North America's growing soccer league it increased Americans' interest in the most popular sport in the world.
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Silicon Valley could be ahead of the trend however.
Two in three Americans do not plan to follow the tournament, and only 7 percent plant on following it closely, according to Reuters.
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