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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,316 posts) Fri Jun 12, 2026, 03:56 PM 14 hrs ago

Trump fuels World Cup flop as fans stay home [View all]

The World Cup fan invasion is nowhere to be seen, a new report has claimed.

The travel industry figures have been left flummoxed by the number of fans heading to the U.S., amid sky-rocketing ticket prices and challenges for visitors trying to get through the border.

Vijay Dandapani, CEO of the Hotel Association of New York City, said that it is “overall a disappointment. There’s no other word that I can say,” he told Reuters.

He revealed to the agency that the association has cut its expected World ⁠Cup revenue by 60 percent. He added that despite initial predictions of 1.2 million fans arriving in the city, it now thinks that number is more likely to be half a million, as windfalls long anticipated by the sector are unlikely to materialize.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/trump-fuels-world-cup-flop-as-fans-stay-home/ar-AA25oWuk

Can you blame them for staying away?

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Trump fuels World Cup flop as fans stay home [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 14 hrs ago OP

Whatever team wins will always know there's an asterisk beside their record ... "* won under Trmp rules". eppur_se_muova 14 hrs ago #1

FIFA knew they had a winner with shitstain as a prez back in 2017 dave99 12 hrs ago #16

We left Boston this morning ok_cpu 14 hrs ago #2

Corrupt-ass FIFA and all of the business and political assholes who chose to get in bed with them RockRaven 14 hrs ago #3

FIFA kissed Trump's diapered ass and "awarded" him the bogus FIFA Peace Prize agingdem 13 hrs ago #6

Friends that are popsdenver 13 hrs ago #7

FIFA will be ok. All the tickets have been sold. It's the hospitality industry and the people in northern N.J. that are 3Hotdogs 11 hrs ago #17

I'm surprised they're getting that many. ananda 14 hrs ago #4

Trump and Company have spent 10 years vilifying foreigners NCDem47 14 hrs ago #5

Everything he touchs dies. Ford_Prefect 13 hrs ago #8

The Midas Death Touch. Coat it with gold or wnylib 12 hrs ago #14

The art of the deal magic is still there aka whatever Trump touches dies. Botany 12 hrs ago #9

About the only group he can pretty much count on anymore, are RW Argentines peppertree 12 hrs ago #10

Why would anyone want to come to this country now? Even if you have a visa and all the proper paperwork, if the Fil1957 12 hrs ago #11

Can you blame them for staying away? MLWR 12 hrs ago #12

Forever vilified for stopping the game to run ads Ponietz 12 hrs ago #13

I hope they start bringing this up for midterms and then announce how much was lost right before election day ChicagoTeamster 12 hrs ago #15

And, Trump pissed off 7 billion people per MSNOW this morning. rickford66 11 hrs ago #18

We love soccer here in my house ALBliberal 11 hrs ago #19

Who in the hell would want to come here during trmp? spanone 11 hrs ago #20

He's made America a shithole that no one wants to visit IronLionZion 11 hrs ago #21

USA Bans --- Canada accepts FrndStrng 7 hrs ago #22

Sports Bars in San Diego were doing serious business today. haele 6 hrs ago #23