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Steven Bisaha

Senior Reporter covering economic mobility and wealth/poverty for NPR's Gulf States Newsroom

Jun 12, 2026

7:56
If all of these tickets are still unsold, is that bad news for the restaurants and hotels who are hoping for, like, a flood of business from all these fans coming to visit their cities?
8:04
Yeah, like the occupancy rates for hotels in host cities have been really disappointing so far, especially in the US.
8:10
Remember, the US is co-hosting this World Cup with Mexico and Canada across 16 cities.
8:16
And US hotels, they are dealing with a higher vacancy rate than the other countries, according to the Wall Street Journal.
8:22
And Mexico is beating both the US and Canada in ticket sales.
8:27
I mean, their tickets are selling pretty well, so it's not all the tickets are, are just kinda, like, sitting on the shelf.
8:34
And this is despite tickets in Mexico on average being more expensive.
8:59
when he landed in Miami, and fans from Morocco being denied entry.

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