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The worldcup next year is going to be interesting.
by TavsiE9s 11mo ago
The worldcup next year is going to be interesting.
- rjsw 11mo agoSome changes in tourism numbers should be visible from US ski resorts before then.
- testing22321 11mo agoGo have a look at Vegas right now. It’s a ghost down. Tourism across the US is down to the tune of tens of billions.
- SirFatty 11mo agoAll is ok now that Trump received the FIFA Peace Prize trophy and wearable medallion.
- exasperaited 11mo agoFIFA's comical attempt to bribe him with a bauble might be a lot about them trying to persuade him not to do this, among other things that will mean nobody will want to attend games.
- embedding-shape 11mo agoConsidering the amount of people who always go to the World Cup yet is skipping the US-specific events of 2026, I'm not sure it'll be so interesting after all. Will more or less be like how Las Vegas seems to be today, a former shadow of itself.
- rayiner 11mo agoThe what now? Is that like the superbowl?
- andsoitis 11mo agoSoccer, just the biggest sport on earth. North America will host the FIFA World Cup 2026 with events in the US, Mexico, and Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup
- rayiner 11mo ago> Soccer, just the biggest sport on earth. What's "earth"? Is that somewhere south of Texas?
- timbit42 11mo agoAh yes, Texas. If Alaska split in two, Texas would be only the third largest state.
- testing22321 11mo agoAnd West Australia is almost 50% bigger than Alaska…
- timbit42 11mo agoCanada and Russia are each bigger than those.
- timbit42 11mo agoThe SuperBowl is peanuts compared to FIFA.
- dogemaster2028 11mo agoWhy would tourists want to come to a place they dislike? I don’t go to UK anymore for example.
- s_dev 11mo ago>Why would tourists want to come to a place they dislike? Visit family. That's not mentioning you can dislike the current administration without disliking other aspects of the US. The US is big and diverse.
- timbit42 11mo agoI stopped going to the US over 20 years ago. The only US family I've seen since then came to visit me.
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- tavavex 11mo agoIt's not even about like or dislike. Some people dislike the UK, but I imagine that few feel threatened by the prospect of having to cross its border. It's an easier sell to make someone come to the country despite whatever they don't like to attend a big event. But with the US, who knows at this point? The system had been shaken up so much in the last year that there's no telling what's going to happen to any given entrant (especially someone from one of the "disfavored" countries), or what the rules are going to be like tomorrow. It's not preference, it's preference combined with fear.