Hotel bookings lag in all US host cities, and in several a majority of hotel owners say the tournament is a “non-event.”…
  • EatYourOrach@lemmy.caEnglish
    35·
    16 days ago

    “Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you. […] I worry about young people going out there for the World Cup – I really do. I imagine a group of young guys getting drunk at a game, getting arrested. I could see them easily ending up in the same place as I did. They’d find some reason to detain them. If it can happen to me, it can happen to anybody.” - Mrs. Newton, 65, was on holiday in the USA w a British passport and a tourist visa

    “Florida is no longer a safe destination for international tourists. With the FIFA World Cup 2026 coming to Miami, travelers may face unprecedented risks of racial profiling, wrongful detention in inhumane conditions without consular access, and heinous human rights violations—regardless of legal travel status.” - https://floridaimmigrant.org/fifa-26-travel-advisory

  • Rioting Pacifist@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    16 days ago

    Also impossible to get to many games by transit and the awful design of US cities will leave fans with nowhere to go to soak in the vibes.

  • halloejsovs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    16 days ago

    Don’t watch any of it on telly either. Fuck the US regime. Fuck their hydration ad-breaks fuck fifa. Let it all burn.

  • bigmamoth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    16 days ago

    U mean for the event where the last one was litteraly in a country with slave where more than 500 were killed to build the infrastructure. Well dont care. Pretty sure they can’t do worse at this point

  • LittleBorat3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    15 days ago

    Aren’t they bombing another country that is also in the world cup? I just wanted to point that out 😂