But we’re talking about roughly 79 matches across 11 venues over a 6 week period. It’s roughly one match per venue per week, and most of these venues regularly fill up during the NFL season.
The US has millions of international arrivals every year who know how to navigate the country, and it has even more Americans who will be most of the attendees to this event.
That being said, most Americans won’t even be aware that the World Cup is happening. People from other countries may not realize that the World Cup will not even be in the top 5 most attended sports competitions the country has that year. And most of the largest stadiums won’t even be used.
terrarythm on
I honestly think the biggest embarrassment will be when everybody shows up from out of the country and realizes most folks in the country could care less it’s happening
mayorolivia on
This dude is such a millennial. US hosted 94 WC and no one cared about lack of public transport. Fans are going to the biggest sporting event in the world. The WC is a giant party and these things won’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
Lakerdog1970 on
I’ve been to every single host city on business. It’ll be fine.
I mean, every big city on earth has its own peculiar transportation issues for visitors.
People will figure it out. They’ll enjoy the games. Then they’ll go back home and go to work on Monday.
oldenwest on
Lmao my guess is that the person who wrote this wasn’t alive to see the 1994 World Cup. We’ve been there, done that. It worked out fine. I should also remind you that we hosted the Copa America last summer with no issues outside of Colombian fans not being able to control themselves. You can guarantee both security and public transportation will be beefed up in every host city in preparation of the World Cup.
ESC-H-BC on
Its so funny, when the WC was hosted in South Africa, Brazil, Russia and Qatar were 24/7 articles and press being active to criticize and put in the bad eye their mistakes (accurate or exaggerated) even if weren’t related to the hosting and tournament but if is USA or a Western country, eeeeverything is perfect, sure….
[deleted] on
Damn they gonna deport everyone that ain’t from here 🤣
MysteriousEdge5643 on
PSA for foreigners wanting to attend the World Cup:
Almost all of the cities have terrible public transit. Don’t use it. Don’t even try to rely on it. RENT A CAR.
The issue is your writing. It’s illegible and laughable and you’re trying to clown someone. It’s like having a 3” boner and making fun of someone with a 2” dick.
devil_machine on
The US is doing a pretty good job of embarrassing itself right now
alextastic on
Really strange use of bold text, it’s pretty bad.
pengunia2502 on
As if Trump and Musk aren’t doing it at the moment
downloadking007 on
This will be great! I can’t wait for the World Cup in the USA!
Chief-Drinking-Bear on
Idk where this guy gets his information I found an error in like 5 seconds of skimming. It says no heavy rail in Seattle, but King Street Station is literally 200 meters from the stadium. He’s also missing Seattle from the next chart.
_DooDooDaggers on
It’s already embarrassing enough can’t imagine what 2026 has in store
dylphil on
No other country has ever had to deal with issues hosting the WC!
The US will be fine. It’s hosted so many major sporting events. It’s one of the few countries that could do so at the drop of a hat without any additional infrastructure investment
cum-in-a-can on
lol, this is ridiculous. Yes, the public transit systems in the US are piss poor compared to most other developed countries. But US cities regularly host MASSIVE events with no issue. Even small towns in the US regularly deal with 100s of thousands of spectators for sporting events like college football.
For fans coming from Europe or Asia and expecting a world-class public transit systems, yeah, they are in for a bad time. But most spectators will be American, and won’t have any issue navigating it.
The World Cup in 1994 was the best attended cup ever, and that was with only 52 matches. US sporting infrastructure is wayyy above anywhere. Am I super annoyed that ATT stadium is surrounded by parking lots and horribly situated for mass-transit systems and dense development? Absolutely. But I also know that a billion dolllar stadium is going to blow the minds of anyone in Europe. And ATT is an old stadium at this point. We have college football teams that have stadiums nicer than you’d find anywhere else.
Sports in America is different than sports in other countries. That doesn’t make it necessarily better or worse. Just different. And for the Americans who will make up the vast majority of the spectators, it will be amazing.
5beatsaday_3summers on
Whoever wrote this didn’t go to Brazil 2014
mkshane on
The author of this was obviously born after 1994 and is a pick-me American with an axe to grind. Rather than coming in from a thoughtful and unbiased state of mind, he arrived at his “conclusion” that WC 2026 will embarrass the US first (because he *wants* it to) and then tailored everything around that.
The US hosted a WC 31 years ago, when it had less transit then than it does now. It was a success regardless. It hosted multiple Olympics. There are numerous large scale sporting events across the country nearly *every single day*. It has major professional leagues in 5 sports. That’s not even counting college football, which has 8 stadiums with a capacity of 100,000+, or 15 stadiums of 80,000+. And get this… most of those are in “college towns” with permanent populations of under 200,000, some even under 100,000, so they are inherently not going to have big city infrastructure. And yet somehow, the vast majority of these events go off without a hitch.
Safe to say the US has no shortage of experience hosting very large scale sporting events.
He *wants* WC 2026 to fail so badly so that he can validate his identity as “the transit guy”, but sorry to disappoint him, it won’t.
Stannis_Baratheon244 on
Whoever wrote this article is mentally deficient
billfoster1990 on
The US is a shit show right now but there have been WCs in Russia, Qatar, and soon Saudi Arabia. We’ll come off fine in terms of fan experience.
EmbarrassedPart6210 on
lol. The USA is much better suited to host the World Cup than any country since 2006 and much better than Saudi Arabia.
GlocksandSocks on
This guy takes the BUS? He’s crazy.
PoultryPants_ on
why does he spend the whole first part of the article talking about Vegas when not a single game will be played there?
Impossible-Guitar957 on
Talking heads will talk. Most reasonable people will wait until next year and reserve judgement until after it’s all over.
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Is US public transit lacking? Yes
But we’re talking about roughly 79 matches across 11 venues over a 6 week period. It’s roughly one match per venue per week, and most of these venues regularly fill up during the NFL season.
The US has millions of international arrivals every year who know how to navigate the country, and it has even more Americans who will be most of the attendees to this event.
That being said, most Americans won’t even be aware that the World Cup is happening. People from other countries may not realize that the World Cup will not even be in the top 5 most attended sports competitions the country has that year. And most of the largest stadiums won’t even be used.
I honestly think the biggest embarrassment will be when everybody shows up from out of the country and realizes most folks in the country could care less it’s happening
This dude is such a millennial. US hosted 94 WC and no one cared about lack of public transport. Fans are going to the biggest sporting event in the world. The WC is a giant party and these things won’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
I’ve been to every single host city on business. It’ll be fine.
I mean, every big city on earth has its own peculiar transportation issues for visitors.
People will figure it out. They’ll enjoy the games. Then they’ll go back home and go to work on Monday.
Lmao my guess is that the person who wrote this wasn’t alive to see the 1994 World Cup. We’ve been there, done that. It worked out fine. I should also remind you that we hosted the Copa America last summer with no issues outside of Colombian fans not being able to control themselves. You can guarantee both security and public transportation will be beefed up in every host city in preparation of the World Cup.
Its so funny, when the WC was hosted in South Africa, Brazil, Russia and Qatar were 24/7 articles and press being active to criticize and put in the bad eye their mistakes (accurate or exaggerated) even if weren’t related to the hosting and tournament but if is USA or a Western country, eeeeverything is perfect, sure….
Damn they gonna deport everyone that ain’t from here 🤣
PSA for foreigners wanting to attend the World Cup:
Almost all of the cities have terrible public transit. Don’t use it. Don’t even try to rely on it. RENT A CAR.
Also, you’re not going to be able to drive from host city to host city in most cases, the exceptions being Seattle/Vancouver and NJ/Philly/maybe Boston. [Here’s the US overlayed on Europe.](https://preview.redd.it/size-comparison-usa-outline-overlaid-over-europe-v0-2zsp44wsjjn81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=981a0a8239bfb0164ed2afc9291574099308cefcFor) For long distances between host cities, I’d fly. Don’t use AMTRAK
Oh no, the U.S. is big and we drive cars!
Substack? Lol
The issue is your writing. It’s illegible and laughable and you’re trying to clown someone. It’s like having a 3” boner and making fun of someone with a 2” dick.
The US is doing a pretty good job of embarrassing itself right now
Really strange use of bold text, it’s pretty bad.
As if Trump and Musk aren’t doing it at the moment
This will be great! I can’t wait for the World Cup in the USA!
Idk where this guy gets his information I found an error in like 5 seconds of skimming. It says no heavy rail in Seattle, but King Street Station is literally 200 meters from the stadium. He’s also missing Seattle from the next chart.
It’s already embarrassing enough can’t imagine what 2026 has in store
No other country has ever had to deal with issues hosting the WC!
The US will be fine. It’s hosted so many major sporting events. It’s one of the few countries that could do so at the drop of a hat without any additional infrastructure investment
lol, this is ridiculous. Yes, the public transit systems in the US are piss poor compared to most other developed countries. But US cities regularly host MASSIVE events with no issue. Even small towns in the US regularly deal with 100s of thousands of spectators for sporting events like college football.
For fans coming from Europe or Asia and expecting a world-class public transit systems, yeah, they are in for a bad time. But most spectators will be American, and won’t have any issue navigating it.
The World Cup in 1994 was the best attended cup ever, and that was with only 52 matches. US sporting infrastructure is wayyy above anywhere. Am I super annoyed that ATT stadium is surrounded by parking lots and horribly situated for mass-transit systems and dense development? Absolutely. But I also know that a billion dolllar stadium is going to blow the minds of anyone in Europe. And ATT is an old stadium at this point. We have college football teams that have stadiums nicer than you’d find anywhere else.
Sports in America is different than sports in other countries. That doesn’t make it necessarily better or worse. Just different. And for the Americans who will make up the vast majority of the spectators, it will be amazing.
Whoever wrote this didn’t go to Brazil 2014
The author of this was obviously born after 1994 and is a pick-me American with an axe to grind. Rather than coming in from a thoughtful and unbiased state of mind, he arrived at his “conclusion” that WC 2026 will embarrass the US first (because he *wants* it to) and then tailored everything around that.
The US hosted a WC 31 years ago, when it had less transit then than it does now. It was a success regardless. It hosted multiple Olympics. There are numerous large scale sporting events across the country nearly *every single day*. It has major professional leagues in 5 sports. That’s not even counting college football, which has 8 stadiums with a capacity of 100,000+, or 15 stadiums of 80,000+. And get this… most of those are in “college towns” with permanent populations of under 200,000, some even under 100,000, so they are inherently not going to have big city infrastructure. And yet somehow, the vast majority of these events go off without a hitch.
Safe to say the US has no shortage of experience hosting very large scale sporting events.
He *wants* WC 2026 to fail so badly so that he can validate his identity as “the transit guy”, but sorry to disappoint him, it won’t.
Whoever wrote this article is mentally deficient
The US is a shit show right now but there have been WCs in Russia, Qatar, and soon Saudi Arabia. We’ll come off fine in terms of fan experience.
lol. The USA is much better suited to host the World Cup than any country since 2006 and much better than Saudi Arabia.
This guy takes the BUS? He’s crazy.
why does he spend the whole first part of the article talking about Vegas when not a single game will be played there?
Talking heads will talk. Most reasonable people will wait until next year and reserve judgement until after it’s all over.