{"id":726936,"date":"2026-06-10T06:53:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726936\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T06:53:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T06:53:29","slug":"vancouver-hotel-rooms-fifa-world-cup-game-tickets-still-available-with-days-to-go-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/726936\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver hotel rooms, FIFA World Cup game tickets still available with days to go &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With just days to go before the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/fifa-world-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIFA World Cup<\/a> kicks off, there are still plenty of ways to get in on the action.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tickets are still available for the first of seven matches in <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/vancouver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver<\/a> and as of Tuesday, there were tickets available for about $400 each.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for both of Team Canada\u2019s Vancouver matches are also still available, with a ticket for the first game on June 18, starting at around $700.<\/p>\n<p>There are also tickets still available to watch the games on the big screen at the FIFA Fan Zone.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say hotel occupancy in Metro Vancouver is hovering around 50 per cent, which is lower than at the same time last year.<\/p>\n<p>But that could be due to major conferences choosing to avoid Vancouver during the FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re saying, look, I don\u2019t want to compete with the fans for airfare, hotels, and restaurant seats, so let\u2019s just hold off on a corporate event and either have it in March or in October,\u201d Jan Freitag, the national director of hospitality analytics at CoStar, said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Vancouver\u2019s Granville Street prepares for FIFA fans'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6P_DOWNTOWN_FIFA_ONE_WE_OM01VX6M.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:36<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVancouver\u2019s Granville Street prepares for FIFA fans\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Short-term rentals may also be playing a role.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Economy<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we have a demand that\u2019s level with last year, our occupancy is quite a bit lower,\u201d Bram Gallagher, economics and forecasting director at AirDNA, said.<\/p>\n<p>The company said that\u00a0the number of short-term rental listings in Metro Vancouver has jumped 17 per cent in just the last two months.<\/p>\n<p>But while demand for short-term accommodation trails most other host cities, Vancouver\u2019s nightly rates are among the highest.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average booked rate for game days and game eves in Vancouver, they are up 49 per cent,\u201d Gallagher added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, hotel rooms just outside of Vancouver are still available for several hundred dollars per night and some downtown hotel rooms are also available for around the same price.<\/p>\n<p>The B.C. government says it expects bookings to pick up as the tournament progresses and analysts are watching what the cost will be for those nightly stays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still think this is going to be a boost to the Vancouver hotel industry just because they can drive the rate,\u201d Freitag said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With just days to go before the FIFA World Cup kicks off, there are still plenty of 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