Just months before the 2026 FIFA World Cup is held in Philadelphia and other cities across the U.S., the sports organization canceled thousands of hotel room reservations.
Ed Grose, the CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association, confirmed to NBC10 that FIFA has canceled around 2,000 reservations from the 10,000 it had previously made for the event.
Philadelphia is one of the host cities for the World Cup, which will be held from June 11 to July 19, 2026. Six matches will be played here in the City of Brotherly Love, including:
June 14 – Ivory Coast vs Ecuador
June 19 – Brazil vs Haiti
June 22 – France vs (To be determined)
June 25 – Curacao vs Ivory Coast
June 27 – Croatia vs Ghana
July 4 – Teams to be determined
“The city still has hotel inventory for visitors, but now it can open 2,000 rooms for fans coming to Philadelphia,” he added.
This story was translated from Spanish with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool. An NBC digital editor reviewed the translation.