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 FIFA is dropping hotel rooms in host cities three months before the World Cup
03/21/26 09:28 AM
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FIFA canceled thousands of hotel room reservations in Philadelphia, and hundreds in Mexico City, just a few months before the 2026 World Cup.
Boosters billed the 2026 World Cup coming to the United States as a chance for host cities to benefit from millions of international fans pouring into town. But now, with only three months until kickoff, the governing body of the tournament is clawing back its hotel bookings.
FIFA canceled 2,000 of their 10,000 hotel room reservations in Philadelphia last week. The group exercising a last-minute opt-out clause in their contract, according to sources who were not authorized to speak on the record.. Philly is not the only city to experience FIFA hotel cancellations, as FIFA reportedly canceled 40% of its hotel bookings in Mexico City earlier this month.
CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association Ed Grose, who represents 90 hotels in the city, said hotel reps in at least one other U.S. city confirmed FIFA had canceled hotels. He declined to name the other city. “Philadelphia is not the only city where they did that. Regardless of what’s happening, I do believe the World Cup is going to be a phenomenal event for us,” he said.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/fifa-hotel-cancellations-world-cup-philadelphia-investment-rollback-20260320.html?id=mzQKvvvhnwhFe&utm_source=social&utm_campaign=gift_link&utm_medium=referral
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