World Cup Economic Bump Is Starting to Look Like a Bust
With less than three months before the first World Cup soccer match at MetLife stadium, hotel bookings for the event are disappointing, suggesting that the predicted $3 billion economic boost will be far less.
While Mayor Zohran Mamdani said earlier this month that the Cup has “the potential to be an immense economic driver in this city,” advanced reservations for New York’s World Cup weeks are trending 2% below advance bookings for those same days in 2025 — when there were no special events.
“The bookings have been softer than expected,” said Sarah Bratko, vice president and policy counsel for the American Hotels & Lodging Association.