Hotels near MetLife Stadium are charging $500 to $900 a night for World Cup matches while running occupancy as low as 8%. The "long-term growth" story everyone's selling requires you to survive the short-term math first.
Eighty-five million international visitors are projected for 2026, and every hotel in an NFL host city is about to discover whether their operation is actually built for prime time... or just built for Tuesday nights in October.
The Hotel Trades Council's contract expires right as the FIFA World Cup fills every room in New York. If you think that's a coincidence, you haven't been paying attention for the last two years.
