United States World Cup hotel bookings look like a complete disaster
The 2026 World Cup is looking like more and more of a dud for the United States and FIFA.
We're only a little over a month until the start of the 2026 World Cup in North America . For the country that will host most of the matches in the legendary men's soccer tournament, the United States, of course, the buzz surrounding the supposed-to-be prestigious event feels like it's ... at a hush.
What other conclusion could we draw after learning of an alarming report about the low, decidedly normal level of hotel bookings for the World Cup across the U. S. as the tournament takes place this summer?
According to Forbes , roughly 80 percent of hotels in 11 World Cup host cities in the U. S. are tracking well below their anticipated bookings.
Some have even characterized their respective level of bookings as a "non-event," in line with normal June and July bookings at their hotels. Some of the cities mentioned include Kansas City, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York. The New York (a.