World Cup 2026 warmups ramp up as host cities prepare

good morning, this week will see the demands I wrote be presented at a small national press conference along with other world cup host cities, I’ll be getting other local businesses signed up to the anti-ICE pledge, and we’ll probably be doing a mix of community and midterm canvassing this weekend.

The World Cup host country usually sees a huge boost in its tourism – but in America, hotel rooms remain empty, and stadium seats un-booked. Greed? The war in Iran? Or, is the Donald Trump effect putting people off America? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-t...

Over 120 civil society groups including the ACLU and Amnesty International issued a travel advisory to warn visitors, journalists, and players attending the World Cup about heightened risks under the current admin such as... (continued in replies):

The World Cup is about to bring millions of people together while Ebola is spreading. Having a robust disease response system would be nice right about now.

29% of Americans interested in the World Cup = 99.4 Million people. More than the entire populations of Germany, the UK, France, Italy or Spain.

If you're considering watching the FIFA World Cup this June, consider reading a men's sport novel set in a world of cup sizes instead! It's much more homoerotic I promise you

A couple of local AirBnB owners are saying they haven't seen any uptick in business due to the World Cup. I would have expected massive pressure. Rick Wilson is never wrong. ETTD -- Everything Trump Touches Dies.

Here's Canada Basketball's full player pool for this summer's World Cup qualifiers. They'll face Puerto Rico on July 3 and Jamaica on July 6, both in Hamilton, as well as another game (opponent TBD) in Quebec City on Aug. 31.

Presumably US tourism has bet big on the world wanting to come to the World Cup. Hate to break it to you guys but a lot of people won't even be watching it on tv, let alone thinking of going. You don't win the right to host the World Cup, you're entrusted with it, by the world. He's ruined it.

In America, your cultural racism can get in the way of your legislative racism. #WorldCup2026

I am hoping that one of the things that comes out of the World Cup is that MLS realizes the league has made it 30 years and the whole thing is not about to collapse like the NASL, and they can maybe go ahead and quit acting like cost control is the most important thing they can ever focus on

The World Cup and 2028 Olympics will be superspreader events for whatever pandemic is raging. Calling it now.

I would suggest to ask football fans not to attend World Cup matches in the USA Aside from the heightened risk of being arrested by ICE for some minor technical breach of the law there's also a real risk of a terrorist attack at a stadium Are they still asking for visa deposits of $10k before entry?

"Fans, journalists and others traveling to the United States for the World Cup risk encountering a deeply troubling human rights landscape, shaped by the Trump administration’s racist immigration policies, mass detention and deportation, and attacks on freedom of expression and peaceful protest.”

MAGA doesn't watch soccer so there's a strong likelihood that the World Cup will be an abject failure in the US. With FIFA being almost as corrupt as Trump, I'm going to enjoy the karma.