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

Sun May 24, 2026, 09:34 PM

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from some fear that they might spend months eating mouldy soda crackers off a urine-soaked mattress in a GESTAPO basement, or might be deported to some wretched place where they didn't know anybody and couldn't speak the language, or might be fatally gunned down from behind for trying to help a woman up from the sidewalk

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

Kansas City is interesting Renew Deal Yesterday #1

I live relatively near KC indusurb Yesterday #33

This is being discussed across the planet malaise Yesterday #2

Understandibly Renew Deal Yesterday #3

You nailed it malaise Yesterday #4

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

We are not bdamomma Yesterday #35

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

Not great here as well. Disaffected Yesterday #8

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

I dunno, never been there. Disaffected Yesterday #34

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

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

But FIFA has relased 40% of the hotel bookings for Mexico City TheRickles Yesterday #37

That's not many unsold tickets RussBLib Yesterday #39

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

The tickets are still sold by the venue regardless of whom bought them. MichMan 12 hrs ago #52

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

Pretty fine line between behaving like a fascist and being one. BWdem4life 14 hrs ago #50

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

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

YES! Disaffected Yesterday #30

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

Boring 😳❗️ La Urraca Yesterday #27

Meh, Disaffected Yesterday #31

If you've ever watched a football game in a pub GenThePerservering 22 hrs ago #48

The OP is about people attending games in person, not sitting in a dark pub watching TV MichMan 12 hrs ago #53

Are they boycotting . . . AverageOldGuy Yesterday #9

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

America is back baby! MAGA! IronLionZion Yesterday #10

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

was going to say this. cab67 Yesterday #14

I can't understand why people wouldn't want to pay exorbitant prices for tickets and hotel rooms MichMan 12 hrs ago #54

Go figure orangecrush Yesterday #13

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

We bdamomma Yesterday #36

There are two reasons for this jmowreader Yesterday #21

Bizarre. Disaffected Yesterday #32

Yep. Insane prices awesomerwb1 Yesterday #46

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

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

No surprise. Joinfortmill Yesterday #23

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

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

Something that might actually work better jmowreader Yesterday #43

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

Don't know about other cities edhopper Yesterday #29

in Los Angeles, too MurrayDelph Yesterday #42

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

Where they stand? RussBLib Yesterday #41

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

I wonder who Trump will decide to blame the poor turnout on. ShazzieB 23 hrs ago #47

The liberal cities of course. nt BWdem4life 14 hrs ago #51

I'm north of Seattle and this is a soccer loving area GenThePerservering 22 hrs ago #49

Most of my Portland friends are all attending games in Vancouver. Reader Rabbit 12 hrs ago #55