- While the World Cup group stage (June 11-27) was taking place, overall international arrivals to the U.S. in June were essentially flat (+0.2%) compared to a year ago, according to data from the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) in the Commerce Department.
- Arrivals in June were down year over year from Europe (-1.2%) and Asia (-5.6%), two regions that consistently dominate overseas arrivals, while arrivals were up from lower-volume regions: Africa (+13.8%) and South America (+4.7%), according to NTTO data.
- Hotels in World Cup host cities raised room rates, but did not see an increase in occupancy or room demand, according to CoStar, the industry benchmarking and analytics firm.
- A FIFA analysis predicted the World Cup would inject $30.5 billion into the U.S. economy—but its calculation counted on a huge influx of international fans, who spend much more per person than U.S.-based fans.
- FIFA is set to take in $9 billion in revenue, according to an analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence.
I mean.
FIFA knew what was going to happen, they bribed Trump specifically to let it happen.
If you build your house next to a Data center, don’t blame the data center when your Electricity bill is massive, you have no water and you cant cool down your house. You knew the data center was there before you started building.