FIFA Cancels Thousands Of HotelRooms In World Cup Host Cities

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The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that FIFA canceled 2,000 of their 10,000 hotel room reservations in Philadelphia last week, and that similar moves have also taken place in at least two additional U.S. host cities.

That comes on top of news that FIFA reportedly canceled 40% of its hotel bookings in Mexico City earlier this month.

A person familiar with FIFA’s hotel contracts, but who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the soccer governing body exercised a standard contractual provision consistent with large-scale global events, and confirmed the hotel room rollback was happening in other host cities.

These rooms are set aside for FIFA staff, media organizations, and attendees. And while it’s not unusual for FIFA to adjust the number of rooms it requires ahead of the World Cup, the size and timing of this year’s decisions are yet another challenge for U.S. host cities.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rickellis/2026/03/20/fifa-cancels-thousands-of-hotel-rooms-in-world-cup-host-cities/

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1. Did anyone other than Orange Julius Caesar think that people were still going to come?

After all this bullshit, in the middle of a war?

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2. Maybe they were told to rebook at Trump properties

Wouldn't be surprised if that's the case.