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BlueWavePsych

(3,446 posts) Sun May 24, 2026, 03:11 PM Sunday

Empty rooms and Fifa cancellations - US hotels fear World Cup washout [View all]

The World Cup was supposed to provide a tourism boom for the US, but now the fear is it may never materialise.

A report, external produced by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) has found that bookings are well below expectations in almost every host city.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c9q34pxv79eo

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Empty rooms and Fifa cancellations - US hotels fear World Cup washout [View all] BlueWavePsych Sunday OP

Kansas City is interesting Renew Deal Sunday #1

I live relatively near KC indusurb Sunday #33

This is being discussed across the planet malaise Sunday #2

Understandibly Renew Deal Sunday #3

You nailed it malaise Sunday #4

Not only did you nail it with all the governmental misuse of power... slightlv Sunday #26

We are not bdamomma Sunday #35

How about the rooms in Canada and Mexico? You know, the countries without Trump. dem4decades Sunday #5

Not great here as well. Disaffected Sunday #8

Maybe so, but what about Mexico? TheRickles Sunday #16

I dunno, never been there. Disaffected Sunday #34

Toronto has not seen a surge in hotel bookings. Wiz Imp Sunday #19

Majority of unsold game tickets are in the US. Wiz Imp Sunday #20

But FIFA has released 40% of the hotel bookings for Mexico City TheRickles Sunday #37

That's not many unsold tickets RussBLib Sunday #39

I believe those numbers are very misleading. Wiz Imp Sunday #44

The tickets are still sold by the venue regardless of whom bought them. MichMan Monday #52

who knew a government behaving like fascists could be a bad thing Skittles Sunday #6

Pretty fine line between behaving like a fascist and being one. BWdem4life Monday #50

Not surprising, folks don't want to get tossed Disaffected Sunday #7

Hockey. Now there's a sport! paleotn Sunday #11

YES! Disaffected Sunday #30

I've listed ways to improve soccer in the past. cab67 Sunday #15

Boring 😳❗️ La Urraca Sunday #27

Meh, Disaffected Sunday #31

If you've ever watched a football game in a pub GenThePerservering Sunday #48

The OP is about people attending games in person, not sitting in a dark pub watching TV MichMan Monday #53

Are they boycotting . . . AverageOldGuy Sunday #9

By my count, 78 of the 104 total games are in the US. That's exactly 75%. Wiz Imp Sunday #18

America is back baby! MAGA! IronLionZion Sunday #10

This does not surprise me one bit. ShazzieB Sunday #12

was going to say this. cab67 Sunday #14

I can't understand why people wouldn't want to pay exorbitant prices for tickets and hotel rooms MichMan Monday #54

Go figure orangecrush Sunday #13

if I didn't live here, barbtries Sunday #17

We bdamomma Sunday #36

There are two reasons for this jmowreader Sunday #21

Bizarre. Disaffected Sunday #32

Yep. Insane prices awesomerwb1 Sunday #46

Britbox has an hilarious series on planning the World Cup nuxvomica Sunday #22

I have BritBox and will have to check it out. Thanks! IronLionZion Sunday #40

No surprise. Joinfortmill Sunday #23

I'd say Trump fucking the world over is main reason pfitz59 Sunday #24

Just an idea to boost ticket sales.. Permanut Sunday #25

Something that might actually work better jmowreader Sunday #43

Most of them are sanctuary cities. Trump threatened to divert planes IcyPeas Sunday #28

Don't know about other cities edhopper Sunday #29

in Los Angeles, too MurrayDelph Sunday #42

You just had to go elect the fucking asshole a second time. Initech Sunday #38

Where they stand? RussBLib Sunday #41

Gosh! It's almost as if soccer fans around the world had decided not to visit the USA struggle4progress Sunday #45

I wonder who Trump will decide to blame the poor turnout on. ShazzieB Sunday #47

The liberal cities of course. nt BWdem4life Monday #51

I'm north of Seattle and this is a soccer loving area GenThePerservering Sunday #49

Most of my Portland friends are all attending games in Vancouver. Reader Rabbit Monday #55