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dem4decades

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

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Sun May 24, 2026, 03:53 PM

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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 20 hrs ago #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 21 hrs ago #26

We are not bdamomma 19 hrs ago #35

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

Not great here as well. Disaffected 23 hrs ago #8

Maybe so, but what about Mexico? TheRickles 22 hrs ago #16

I dunno, never been there. Disaffected 20 hrs ago #34

Toronto has not seen a surge in hotel bookings. Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #19

Majority of unsold game tickets are in the US. Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #20

But FIFA has relased 40% of the hotel bookings for Mexico City TheRickles 19 hrs ago #37

That's not many unsold tickets RussBLib 19 hrs ago #39

I believe those numbers are very misleading. Wiz Imp 18 hrs ago #44

The tickets are still sold by the venue regardless of whom bought them. MichMan 6 hrs ago #52

who knew a government behaving like fascists could be a bad thing Skittles 23 hrs ago #6

Pretty fine line between behaving like a fascist and being one. BWdem4life 7 hrs ago #50

Not surprising, folks don't want to get tossed Disaffected 23 hrs ago #7

Hockey. Now there's a sport! paleotn 23 hrs ago #11

YES! Disaffected 20 hrs ago #30

I've listed ways to improve soccer in the past. cab67 22 hrs ago #15

Boring 😳❗️ La Urraca 20 hrs ago #27

Meh, Disaffected 20 hrs ago #31

If you've ever watched a football game in a pub GenThePerservering 16 hrs ago #48

The OP is about people attending games in person, not sitting in a dark pub watching TV MichMan 6 hrs ago #53

Are they boycotting . . . AverageOldGuy 23 hrs ago #9

By my count, 78 of the 104 total games are in the US. That's exactly 75%. Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #18

America is back baby! MAGA! IronLionZion 23 hrs ago #10

This does not surprise me one bit. ShazzieB 22 hrs ago #12

was going to say this. cab67 22 hrs ago #14

I can't understand why people wouldn't want to pay exorbitant prices for tickets and hotel rooms MichMan 5 hrs ago #54

Go figure orangecrush 22 hrs ago #13

if I didn't live here, barbtries 22 hrs ago #17

We bdamomma 19 hrs ago #36

There are two reasons for this jmowreader 22 hrs ago #21

Bizarre. Disaffected 20 hrs ago #32

Yep. Insane prices awesomerwb1 17 hrs ago #46

Britbox has an hilarious series on planning the World Cup nuxvomica 21 hrs ago #22

I have BritBox and will have to check it out. Thanks! IronLionZion 19 hrs ago #40

No surprise. Joinfortmill 21 hrs ago #23

I'd say Trump fucking the world over is main reason pfitz59 21 hrs ago #24

Just an idea to boost ticket sales.. Permanut 21 hrs ago #25

Something that might actually work better jmowreader 18 hrs ago #43

Most of them are sanctuary cities. Trump threatened to divert planes IcyPeas 20 hrs ago #28

Don't know about other cities edhopper 20 hrs ago #29

in Los Angeles, too MurrayDelph 19 hrs ago #42

You just had to go elect the fucking asshole a second time. Initech 19 hrs ago #38

Where they stand? RussBLib 19 hrs ago #41

Gosh! It's almost as if soccer fans around the world had decided not to visit the USA struggle4progress 18 hrs ago #45

I wonder who Trump will decide to blame the poor turnout on. ShazzieB 16 hrs ago #47

The liberal cities of course. nt BWdem4life 7 hrs ago #51

I'm north of Seattle and this is a soccer loving area GenThePerservering 16 hrs ago #49

Most of my Portland friends are all attending games in Vancouver. Reader Rabbit 5 hrs ago #55