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matches will be played in the U.S. **Dustin Satloff/Getty Images North America** Dustin Satloff/Getty Images North America Your city may not be hosting a World Cup
hosting the tournament are facing a major problem: Bookings are running far below what they had expected. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5803486/fifa-world-cup-soccer-football-tickets) ### [2026 World
City, Missouri, which will be hosting some of the World Cup matches this summer.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3435x3435+970+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc4%2F0a%2Fe84336e84f4b9f702d473d93a5a4%2Fgettyimages-2268319548.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810626/world-cup-hotels-tourism-bookings-visitors) ### [2026 World Cup: North America](https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-98388/2026-world-cup-north-america) ### [Hotels have a big World Cup problem: Bookings are running
city of Guadalajara. "Events like this only further magnify the negative images that Mexico has on security issues, undermining the narrative that President Sheinbaum is trying to build that Mexico is a safe country," said
U.S. and from overseas who told NPR they've grown so frustrated with the World Cup — and some of the policies from the Trump administration — that they are deciding not to attend the tournament
Citi Field in 2023](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-pictures/burna-boy-concert-new-york-1234785173/z7a_1635/)). And Shakira is no stranger to making World Cup music.  to improve its traditionally tight profit margins