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re: The World Cup hands US economy $20B boost
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:19 am to Paul Allen
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:19 am to Paul Allen
Good. Employers should pay their employees directly, not customers.
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Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:22 am to Paul Allen
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Unfortunately, service industry workers didn’t get that great of tips. Several bartenders stated that they did not make as much money as they would have liked to have earned.
Too many people these days aren’t tipping 20% or more.
Euros and 3rd worlders don't tip.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:23 am to Paul Allen
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they did not make as much money as they would have liked to have earned.
Story of everyone's life, ever
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:33 am to Paul Allen
That's because tipping has gotten way out of hand. Everybody expects a tip. Tip jars at every cash register.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:35 am to Paul Allen
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Unfortunately, service industry workers didn’t get that great of tips. Several bartenders stated that they did not make as much money as they would have liked to have earned.
Too many people these days aren’t tipping 20% or more.
Pretty good troll.
I bet Euros, who culturally don't tip, were surprised when service industry people would just stare at them after they leave $0
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:36 am to TigerHornII
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Euros and 3rd worlders don't tip.
They have even less reason to subsidize American wages.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:41 am to notsince98
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With this larger WC field, I dont think any one country in europe can cover it. 32 teams was fine for them but the expansion really did a number with logistics.
The bid RFP for 2034 requires 14 stadiums in the proposal that can seat 40k or more. 80k for the finals and 60k for the semifinals. England has 12 with several more really close that could be expanded. Scotland has another 4 if they just did a UK bid.
Germany has 16 stadiums big enough already.
France, Italy, Spain have 5-6 each so would have to joint bid. Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium all have a few as well.
They're probably going to 64 countries soon too... only a few places can handle that solo.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:47 am to lsu777
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outside of doing the grass....what did they have to build? there was no real infrastructure or stadium projects that took years to build thats for sure.
Yeah, US nor Europe would have to build new stadiums.
All of the bickering here seems to be about the exact level to which FIFA monetized stuff local taxpayers funded without any recompensation.
The grass in NY/NJ was around $13m and has become a flashpoint mainly due to how much FIFA stands to make selling little commemorative squares of it.
Other big NY/NJ issue was taxpayer money spent on changes to the MTA and FIFA quintupling ticket prices for the trips they handled.
This post was edited on 7/21/26 at 8:53 am
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:52 am to lsu777
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canada except mexico can have the muslim teams
Well we wouldn’t be able to host because this essentially all the European teams as well
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:57 am to Paul Allen
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Unfortunately, service industry workers didn’t get that great of tips
Here’s a tip, spay and neuter your animals.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 8:57 am to RLDSC FAN
It's been great to actually have large numbers of tourists again.
All the anti-Europe/Canada rhetoric coming right after the pandemic travel decline has been brutal for small businesses in touristic locations.
All the anti-Europe/Canada rhetoric coming right after the pandemic travel decline has been brutal for small businesses in touristic locations.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 9:20 am to wm72
World Cup has been a great economic boast for everyone but servers. Maybe they need to take their frustrations out on owners under paying them rather than tourist spending money.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 10:03 am to TigerHornII
quote:Their bar and restaurant staff are professionals, and are paid accordingly. Tipping big is not expected.
Euros and 3rd worlders don't tip.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 10:26 am to lsu777
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mexico can have the muslim teams from the middle east.
Some of my buddies wanted to go hang out with the fans in downtown ATL for one of the early games here. It was Haiti vs. Morocco. I said nope, frick that.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:45 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I thought about going to that one, but never saw tickets get below $400.
Nor worth it.
Nor worth it.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 11:50 am to Paul Allen
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Too many people these days aren’t tipping 20% or more.
Count me as one. 15% is standard still for me and always will be. I will give 20% if outstanding service.
I’m not falling for the 20% is the norm snow job.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:22 pm to RLDSC FAN
FIFA got really creative with the scheduling of one off games in random countries for the 2030 World Cup and Saudi Arabia taking out all of Asia for the 2038 World Cup that all but guarantees the USA will host again in 2038.
This post was edited on 7/21/26 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:28 pm to Archives
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Thanks in part to Freddy
Best answer!!
Also, Freddy spent just over $6k but knows someone who spent $40k! From yesterday:
Freddy
@FreddyLA7
Now that the trip is almost over, I want to answer one of the questions we’ve been asked the most: “How are you guys able to afford a trip like this?”
The answer is actually pretty simple. We saved up for this trip over the past year, and it wasn’t nearly as expensive as most people probably assume.
We stayed mostly in budget hotels, and always split the cost between the three of us. Our flight to the US was also only 255€ for example. The biggest expenses were the rental cars and World Cup tickets.
In total the 6 weeks here with everything combined probably cost around 6-7k (It‘s probably 6k but since we also saved money thanks to invitations like the hotel stay in Houston, let‘s say it would’ve been around 7k). I know that’s still a lot of money, but it’s nowhere near what some people seemed to think we were spending. We met other World Cup tourists who told us their trips cost more than $40,000. If you‘re ok with not living in luxury than travelling doesn‘t need to be this expensive.
I’ll calculate the exact total once I’m back home.
Posted on 7/21/26 at 12:29 pm to RLDSC FAN
Remember when the NYT called this?
This might be some kind of record for how many times someone could be wrong in 3 paragraphs
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In cities around the United States, air traffic isn't materializing, and hotels that had counted on millions of dollars in additional revenue are watching it trickle instead. FIFA has had to cancel block reservations of rooms, and there's talk of a global boycott as a kind of protest against President Trump - his wars, his border policies, his imperial vulgarity. When the games begin, interest will surely surge. But at the moment it seems there is less anticipation than there was for this past weekend's club soccer Champions League final between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain. And I think this might be telling us something, beyond the world of sports, about the global landscape of politics and culture.
In the States, the indifference might not be surprising, even though the event is being played mostly on U.S. soil. The U.S. team is more talented than in the past but hasn't looked impressive for years. Soccer is still a growth sport rather than a dominant one in this country, and many Americans aren't exactly feeling the flush of simplistic patriotism these days. On top of which, the tickets have been priced punishingly high.
What is more striking to me is the muted interest of the rest of the world, which every four years for decades seemed to pause for a month to engage in a truly global but appealingly low-stakes performance of tribal nationalism. These days the World Cup no longer seems to tower over the rest of the sporting universe quite so much, with club soccer building a new global ubiquity over the past dozen years or so - if not quite displacing the World Cup at the top of the soccer peking order, then at least taking a place right beside it.
This might be some kind of record for how many times someone could be wrong in 3 paragraphs
This post was edited on 7/21/26 at 12:31 pm
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