FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread

[beerlover]

according to various news reports it’s rumoured that Biden government is planning to organise a task force which should make the process easy for obtaining the visa for the fans who wish to travel to see the World Cup but nothing is confirmed yet. Furthermore with elections due next year whoever win’s may make further changes to this task force hence I don’t expect much clarity on this till the next year’s election are over.

If they do something special, like "world cup visa team" type of deal, where people would apply for a visa outside of regular reasons and just for the world cup, they got in maybe like at max a few days before the world cup starts and leaves after a few days it ends, that type of special situations? That would be making it so much easier. Normally it is not that easy, it's filled, and there is really no situation where government can be enough to reply to everyone all at the same time.

This is why it's quite important that we end up seeing them do as well as possible. I know that it will take sometime, but if they can actually do it, then I bet that it's going to be great for sure. We just need to make sure that people can handle it as well as they could.

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[Queentoshi]

If they do something special, like "world cup visa team" type of deal, where people would apply for a visa outside of regular reasons and just for the world cup, they got in maybe like at max a few days before the world cup starts and leaves after a few days it ends, that type of special situations? That would be making it so much easier.

The next world cup will attract a lot of visitors, because unlike las world cup, the US is a freer state to have fun in that Qatar was.

Also, with how the MLS is becoming more popular and trending every day in the news since Messi joined them and they have been winning each game, even in the United States, there will be a larger audience that will become interested in the world cup game they know as soccer because of the influence of the big players that have moved to the MLS. There will be a lot of travels for games even by citizens of the country and the government needs to be prepared for it.

[Sithara007]

If they do something special, like "world cup visa team" type of deal, where people would apply for a visa outside of regular reasons and just for the world cup, they got in maybe like at max a few days before the world cup starts and leaves after a few days it ends, that type of special situations? That would be making it so much easier.

The next world cup will attract a lot of visitors, because unlike las world cup, the US is a freer state to have fun in that Qatar was.

Also, with how the MLS is becoming more popular and trending every day in the news since Messi joined them and they have been winning each game, even in the United States, there will be a larger audience that will become interested in the world cup game they know as soccer because of the influence of the big players that have moved to the MLS. There will be a lot of travels for games even by citizens of the country and the government needs to be prepared for it.

Obviously each and every edition of the FIFA World Cup will attract a lot of visitors. But this time, I am not sure whether all of those who want to watch the matches in person will be able to do so (due to visa restrictions). Qatar edition had its own share of issues and in 2026 the North American edition will have a few of its own. No one is going to complain as long as we are able to enjoy the matches. For FIFA, 2026 is going to be a big test, after the expansion from 32 teams to 48. There will be much more diversity and greater representation from Asia and Africa.

[Leviathan.007]

It is quite difficult for some people in some countries to obtain a visa for America, and it usually takes a lot of time for them to obtain one. I think the United States will make some exceptions during the world cup when it hosts it, as well as try to put in place some rules to make it easier for people to obtain a visa during the tournament.

We must not forget that there will be presidential elections at the US on 2024, and it seems that once again immigration is going to be a very hot topic, so while it would make sense for the US to relax the requirements for fans which want to obtain a visa to visit their country during the world cup, we may as well end up seeing the opposite and instead we could see the US becoming way stricter on their policies, and people that had already bought their tickets and booked hotel rooms may be denied a visa losing a lot of money in the process.

I just forgot about the presidential elections in 2024, I guess because of the 2026 world cup we are going to see many topics and news about the possible presidents who want to make special rules for the world cup and make some special rules for it. I think after the presidential elections that's possible to see some changes in the USA and some changes in rules.

the US government has had a lot of headaches for many years because of mexico in terms of the illegal entry of mexicans, there is also the issue of drugs and the great mexican criminals who have committed atrocities, so with this joint world cup i am saddened asking how the US government intends to deal with the mexican border during the world cup, because I believe that many people will want to watch as many games as possible, so they will watch some games in the us and then travel by car to mexico to watch other games and then return to the US to watch more games

if the government at the border are very strict then it will make the number of people who will spend hours waiting for bureaucracy at the border very large and the most annoying thing for me is sitting in the car in a long line of cars waiting for the police to keep searching each car and documents, we will see how the government will deal with this so that the service is quick and does not create embarrassment for people who go to watch the games and of course the drug dealers will want to take advantage of this world cup event

They cannot and they will not change whole country rules for a tournament even if they are hosting the greatest tournament in the world. Because there is huge interest from people in all over the world to take visas to America, but still America can make some special rules and let the people who want to watch the world cup to have their visas easier or after than at other times.

I'm not a US citizen, but from what I've been following on the news, the US has been a country where violence and crimes have been happening a lot, especially with people who have guns and arrive in public places and start killing other people, even simple fights have ended in tragedy and always involving weapons, so I keep asking myself if it would be good if the usa and mexico organized the world cup being that they are two countries where the level of safety in the streets is problematic, the rich who walk with private security guards and driving in cars with armored windows will be very safe, apart from traveling by private plane or helicopter, but middle-class people who are going to watch the world cup

they will have to walk, take a taxi, use public transport and knowing that Americans (I'm not talking about all of them) have guns and have a violent behavior in which everything has to be resolved in the fight and not with words, I see that the guys who are in this world cup and they are not rich they will suffer, when they want to leave the usa for mexico the situation will be worse from the border to mexico itself which is another place where there are people who prefer to solve everything using weapons, fifa just looks at the money that each country is willing to spend to organize the world cup, they don't look at people's safety

Something happening during the world's popular event is surely going to be an ashame for the US government. Taking the same in mind surely better security will be provided on the streets. Compared to the past nowadays gun culture have decreased, but we can't be sure that the scenario will be the same. Combined efforts from the US - Mexico security team could make things in an orderly manner. While organising such an event surely FIFA would take the safety of the viewers into consideration than anything else.

There is crime in any country and America and a country where you can see crime and violence like many other countries, I think the police in America are` trying hard to make this country safe for the people but still people think there is more violence in America because of the gun crting rules and many people can have gun with themselves but this still can't be the reason to safe America is not a safe country.

[Vaculin]

according to various news reports it’s rumoured that Biden government is planning to organise a task force which should make the process easy for obtaining the visa for the fans who wish to travel to see the World Cup but nothing is confirmed yet. Furthermore with elections due next year whoever win’s may make further changes to this task force hence I don’t expect much clarity on this till the next year’s election are over.

If they do something special, like "world cup visa team" type of deal, where people would apply for a visa outside of regular reasons and just for the world cup, they got in maybe like at max a few days before the world cup starts and leaves after a few days it ends, that type of special situations? That would be making it so much easier. Normally it is not that easy, it's filled, and there is really no situation where government can be enough to reply to everyone all at the same time.

This is why it's quite important that we end up seeing them do as well as possible. I know that it will take sometime, but if they can actually do it, then I bet that it's going to be great for sure. We just need to make sure that people can handle it as well as they could.

Forming a special team just to oversee the screening process from the people who will visit their country to watch the FIFA World Cup event will certainly be a big help to filter people that only wanted to take advantage of the situation, but they should know that a task like that will be very challenging and quite pricey as it will need big funds just to get the job done successfully as America is the type of country where they have lots of port of entry which makes it more difficult.

[Silberman]

If they do something special, like "world cup visa team" type of deal, where people would apply for a visa outside of regular reasons and just for the world cup, they got in maybe like at max a few days before the world cup starts and leaves after a few days it ends, that type of special situations? That would be making it so much easier.

The next world cup will attract a lot of visitors, because unlike las world cup, the US is a freer state to have fun in that Qatar was.

Also, with how the MLS is becoming more popular and trending every day in the news since Messi joined them and they have been winning each game, even in the United States, there will be a larger audience that will become interested in the world cup game they know as soccer because of the influence of the big players that have moved to the MLS. There will be a lot of travels for games even by citizens of the country and the government needs to be prepared for it.

While Messi joining Miami brought a lot of media attention to the MLS, truth to be told they have been doing a very good job for years, which in part explains why FIFA gave the world cup to the US again as they are hoping this market finally develops as this can make soccer even bigger than what it is right now, still things are very different since the last time the US hosted the world cup, and while I do not remember a lot of complains about visas back then, I am sure that even with their best efforts the number of people complaining about it will be very high this time around.

[FanEagle]

If they do something special, like "world cup visa team" type of deal, where people would apply for a visa outside of regular reasons and just for the world cup, they got in maybe like at max a few days before the world cup starts and leaves after a few days it ends, that type of special situations? That would be making it so much easier.

The next world cup will attract a lot of visitors, because unlike las world cup, the US is a freer state to have fun in that Qatar was.

Also, with how the MLS is becoming more popular and trending every day in the news since Messi joined them and they have been winning each game, even in the United States, there will be a larger audience that will become interested in the world cup game they know as soccer because of the influence of the big players that have moved to the MLS. There will be a lot of travels for games even by citizens of the country and the government needs to be prepared for it.

It's also  a lot more closer to culture of football fans than Qatar was. It's not about having a different culture, or banning some stuff, it's about the fans and what their culture was, and "respect my culture" is not a good way of branding "we will not allow you to do this" because that's just changing words but also doing the same thing.

If you do not allow people to drink beer while watching the game, you lose half of the people already, that's literally one of the most common things everyone does, and just saying "respect my culture" by banning beer drinking, well you end up with white clothed Arabic people watching and no one else coming to visit. They set out to make a good advertisement for their nation and spent 200 billion (doubtful) and managed to ruin their reputation instead.

[Litzki1990]

It is quite difficult for some people in some countries to obtain a visa for America, and it usually takes a lot of time for them to obtain one. I think the United States will make some exceptions during the world cup when it hosts it, as well as try to put in place some rules to make it easier for people to obtain a visa during the tournament.

We must not forget that there will be presidential elections at the US on 2024, and it seems that once again immigration is going to be a very hot topic, so while it would make sense for the US to relax the requirements for fans which want to obtain a visa to visit their country during the world cup, we may as well end up seeing the opposite and instead we could see the US becoming way stricter on their policies, and people that had already bought their tickets and booked hotel rooms may be denied a visa losing a lot of money in the process.

I just forgot about the presidential elections in 2024, I guess because of the 2026 world cup we are going to see many topics and news about the possible presidents who want to make special rules for the world cup and make some special rules for it. I think after the presidential elections that's possible to see some changes in the USA and some changes in rules.

the US government has had a lot of headaches for many years because of mexico in terms of the illegal entry of mexicans, there is also the issue of drugs and the great mexican criminals who have committed atrocities, so with this joint world cup i am saddened asking how the US government intends to deal with the mexican border during the world cup, because I believe that many people will want to watch as many games as possible, so they will watch some games in the us and then travel by car to mexico to watch other games and then return to the US to watch more games

if the government at the border are very strict then it will make the number of people who will spend hours waiting for bureaucracy at the border very large and the most annoying thing for me is sitting in the car in a long line of cars waiting for the police to keep searching each car and documents, we will see how the government will deal with this so that the service is quick and does not create embarrassment for people who go to watch the games and of course the drug dealers will want to take advantage of this world cup event

They cannot and they will not change whole country rules for a tournament even if they are hosting the greatest tournament in the world. Because there is huge interest from people in all over the world to take visas to America, but still America can make some special rules and let the people who want to watch the world cup to have their visas easier or after than at other times.

I'm not a US citizen, but from what I've been following on the news, the US has been a country where violence and crimes have been happening a lot, especially with people who have guns and arrive in public places and start killing other people, even simple fights have ended in tragedy and always involving weapons, so I keep asking myself if it would be good if the usa and mexico organized the world cup being that they are two countries where the level of safety in the streets is problematic, the rich who walk with private security guards and driving in cars with armored windows will be very safe, apart from traveling by private plane or helicopter, but middle-class people who are going to watch the world cup

they will have to walk, take a taxi, use public transport and knowing that Americans (I'm not talking about all of them) have guns and have a violent behavior in which everything has to be resolved in the fight and not with words, I see that the guys who are in this world cup and they are not rich they will suffer, when they want to leave the usa for mexico the situation will be worse from the border to mexico itself which is another place where there are people who prefer to solve everything using weapons, fifa just looks at the money that each country is willing to spend to organize the world cup, they don't look at people's safety

Something happening during the world's popular event is surely going to be an ashame for the US government. Taking the same in mind surely better security will be provided on the streets. Compared to the past nowadays gun culture have decreased, but we can't be sure that the scenario will be the same. Combined efforts from the US - Mexico security team could make things in an orderly manner. While organising such an event surely FIFA would take the safety of the viewers into consideration than anything else.

There is crime in any country and America and a country where you can see crime and violence like many other countries, I think the police in America are` trying hard to make this country safe for the people but still people think there is more violence in America because of the gun crting rules and many people can have gun with themselves but this still can't be the reason to safe America is not a safe country.

The higher the security system of the country, the higher the crime rate. Compared to other countries, the American police are more active and efficient, but despite this security, there are attacks in America from time to time. FIFA may have decided to host the World Cup tournament in Canada and America, considering the maximum security of the spectators. 
While America and Canada are safe for soccer players and spectators, Mexico is considered an unsafe country by many because Mexico has the highest crime rate and many criminals operate from there. I think the Mexican government will ensure maximum security for visitors. If any untoward incident happens in that country during the football world cup, then this country will be criticized a lot worldwide and will be under international pressure. Even if this country considers these things, Mexico will want to finish the football world cup season with maximum security.

[armanda90]

It's also  a lot more closer to culture of football fans than Qatar was. It's not about having a different culture, or banning some stuff, it's about the fans and what their culture was, and "respect my culture" is not a good way of branding "we will not allow you to do this" because that's just changing words but also doing the same thing.

If you do not allow people to drink beer while watching the game, you lose half of the people already, that's literally one of the most common things everyone does, and just saying "respect my culture" by banning beer drinking, well you end up with white clothed Arabic people watching and no one else coming to visit. They set out to make a good advertisement for their nation and spent 200 billion (doubtful) and managed to ruin their reputation instead.

Actually agree with all your opinion, we must respect with difference culture actually when FIFA World Cup host have Moslem culture and all disallowed like alcohol drinking have be forbidden. I don't know what are people minds when Qatar announcing not allowed yet with LGBT, drinking alcohol and living in the one bad for supporter not marriage yet but many football players and national team not agree what rule from Qatar.

FIFA have research early exactly when choosing country become host of World Cup, agree or not with their culture and all participants national teams until players should respect with country will be host for FIFA World Cup.

[swogerino]

If they do something special, like "world cup visa team" type of deal, where people would apply for a visa outside of regular reasons and just for the world cup, they got in maybe like at max a few days before the world cup starts and leaves after a few days it ends, that type of special situations? That would be making it so much easier.

The next world cup will attract a lot of visitors, because unlike las world cup, the US is a freer state to have fun in that Qatar was.

Also, with how the MLS is becoming more popular and trending every day in the news since Messi joined them and they have been winning each game, even in the United States, there will be a larger audience that will become interested in the world cup game they know as soccer because of the influence of the big players that have moved to the MLS. There will be a lot of travels for games even by citizens of the country and the government needs to be prepared for it.

It's also  a lot more closer to culture of football fans than Qatar was. It's not about having a different culture, or banning some stuff, it's about the fans and what their culture was, and "respect my culture" is not a good way of branding "we will not allow you to do this" because that's just changing words but also doing the same thing.

If you do not allow people to drink beer while watching the game, you lose half of the people already, that's literally one of the most common things everyone does, and just saying "respect my culture" by banning beer drinking, well you end up with white clothed Arabic people watching and no one else coming to visit. They set out to make a good advertisement for their nation and spent 200 billion (doubtful) and managed to ruin their reputation instead.

Absolutely.The US held World Cup was brilliantly held in 1994 when the technology and infrastructure was not as advanced as is now although the freedom even there was the same in the USA.I don't care much what Qatar did and if they ruined their reputation or not but overall I think they made their country well known into the world as no one would know Qatar without this event,no one would know this well about Qatar without this event.

In the countries where it will be held in 2026 it will be one of the most beautiful World Cups ever as the fans are awesome in these countries,and even their national leagues,mainly MLS has become a major sport in US while in 1994 was not that big.

[Leviathan.007]

according to various news reports it’s rumoured that Biden government is planning to organise a task force which should make the process easy for obtaining the visa for the fans who wish to travel to see the World Cup but nothing is confirmed yet. Furthermore with elections due next year whoever win’s may make further changes to this task force hence I don’t expect much clarity on this till the next year’s election are over.

If they do something special, like "world cup visa team" type of deal, where people would apply for a visa outside of regular reasons and just for the world cup, they got in maybe like at max a few days before the world cup starts and leaves after a few days it ends, that type of special situations? That would be making it so much easier. Normally it is not that easy, it's filled, and there is really no situation where government can be enough to reply to everyone all at the same time.

This is why it's quite important that we end up seeing them do as well as possible. I know that it will take sometime, but if they can actually do it, then I bet that it's going to be great for sure. We just need to make sure that people can handle it as well as they could.

I'm also thinking about this and I think there is a high chance for them to make a rule to let the world cup visitors to take visas easier while they don't wait for the other normal rules. Because of the current situation in America, there is a high chance for some people to get their visas rejected because of the country they live in.

[Sithara007]

I'm also thinking about this and I think there is a high chance for them to make a rule to let the world cup visitors to take visas easier while they don't wait for the other normal rules. Because of the current situation in America, there is a high chance for some people to get their visas rejected because of the country they live in.

Well.. Trump tried to ban people from a few countries such as Yemen and Somalia, but the SCOTUS overturned that ban. So I am not sure whether they will try something like that during the World Cup. That said, for the American authorities, it is a big security concern. Millions of people will be traveling for watching the world cup matches. Keeping surveillance on so many people would be quite tough. There is always a chance that some fringe elements may enter the United States after disguising themselves as football fans.

[lixer]

The US held World Cup was brilliantly held in 1994 when the technology and infrastructure was not as advanced as is now although the freedom even there was the same in the USA.I don't care much what Qatar did and if they ruined their reputation or not but overall I think they made their country well known into the world as no one would know Qatar without this event,no one would know this well about Qatar without this event.

In the countries where it will be held in 2026 it will be one of the most beautiful World Cups ever as the fans are awesome in these countries,and even their national leagues,mainly MLS has become a major sport in US while in 1994 was not that big.

Yeah, US is one of the best country which can organize sporting events at their best and their history about this is also very good because we have too many big events in this country still one of the best fanbase as well for the sports even not like we have for the NFL and MLB but still can expect good gatherings during this event with completely new image of soccer after having problematic event in Qatar even this was also not bad at all.

Now most chances 2026 Soccer world cup is going to have set new trends for the soccer world because mostly we have many new things and technologies from them for big events with now three countries are sharing this all which is also amazing and new experience with 48 teams are going to take part first time as well.

[Hispo]

I'm also thinking about this and I think there is a high chance for them to make a rule to let the world cup visitors to take visas easier while they don't wait for the other normal rules. Because of the current situation in America, there is a high chance for some people to get their visas rejected because of the country they live in.

Well.. Trump tried to ban people from a few countries such as Yemen and Somalia, but the SCOTUS overturned that ban. So I am not sure whether they will try something like that during the World Cup. That said, for the American authorities, it is a big security concern. Millions of people will be traveling for watching the world cup matches. Keeping surveillance on so many people would be quite tough. There is always a chance that some fringe elements may enter the United States after disguising themselves as football fans.

I would not worry too much about the security in such sport events to be honest, the United States intelligence agencies have quite enough experience to track and follow the steps of those who may have bad intentions while traveling to the next world cup.

Lately, there has been some criticism about them, under the Biden administration, however this is such a big event that it would be foolish (even reckless) not to stay alert for possible terrorist threats.

I doubt there would be a massive cancelation of Visa just because of the visitor's nationality, I would not be surprised if Trump tried again if he wins.

[Sithara007]

I would not worry too much about the security in such sport events to be honest, the United States intelligence agencies have quite enough experience to track and follow the steps of those who may have bad intentions while traveling to the next world cup.

Lately, there has been some criticism about them, under the Biden administration, however this is such a big event that it would be foolish (even reckless) not to stay alert for possible terrorist threats.

I doubt there would be a massive cancelation of Visa just because of the visitor's nationality, I would not be surprised if Trump tried again if he wins.

Well.. 10 years ago (on April 15, 2013 to be precise), the Boston marathon was attacked with bombs. A total of 3 people died, and close to 300 ended up with injuries of various severity. So terrorists attacking sporting events in the United States is nothing new. But in this case, the attackers were homegrown (Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev), and they arrived in the United States on valid visas. The perpetrators arrived in the US back in 2002 on tourist visas and then successfully applied for asylum. This is the reason I am saying that the US authorities will be cautious with all these visitors in 2026.

[wheelz1200]

The US held World Cup was brilliantly held in 1994 when the technology and infrastructure was not as advanced as is now although the freedom even there was the same in the USA.I don't care much what Qatar did and if they ruined their reputation or not but overall I think they made their country well known into the world as no one would know Qatar without this event,no one would know this well about Qatar without this event.

In the countries where it will be held in 2026 it will be one of the most beautiful World Cups ever as the fans are awesome in these countries,and even their national leagues,mainly MLS has become a major sport in US while in 1994 was not that big.

Yeah, US is one of the best country which can organize sporting events at their best and their history about this is also very good because we have too many big events in this country still one of the best fanbase as well for the sports even not like we have for the NFL and MLB but still can expect good gatherings during this event with completely new image of soccer after having problematic event in Qatar even this was also not bad at all.

Now most chances 2026 Soccer world cup is going to have set new trends for the soccer world because mostly we have many new things and technologies from them for big events with now three countries are sharing this all which is also amazing and new experience with 48 teams are going to take part first time as well.

The advantage that the US has over other countries is that with major sports arenas built across the country is that they don't need to build anything new.  They can leverage existing infrastructure to build out for the world cup.  My concern is with Mexico.  They play at a significantly higher sea level than US or Canada.  When the US plays Mexico in the US vs in Mexico its 2 completely different games than each other.  Going to be interesting how the draws occur and the location they play in.  Canada is wildly different than Mexico. 

[fachant]

The US held World Cup was brilliantly held in 1994 when the technology and infrastructure was not as advanced as is now although the freedom even there was the same in the USA.I don't care much what Qatar did and if they ruined their reputation or not but overall I think they made their country well known into the world as no one would know Qatar without this event,no one would know this well about Qatar without this event.

In the countries where it will be held in 2026 it will be one of the most beautiful World Cups ever as the fans are awesome in these countries,and even their national leagues,mainly MLS has become a major sport in US while in 1994 was not that big.

Yeah, US is one of the best country which can organize sporting events at their best and their history about this is also very good because we have too many big events in this country still one of the best fanbase as well for the sports even not like we have for the NFL and MLB but still can expect good gatherings during this event with completely new image of soccer after having problematic event in Qatar even this was also not bad at all.

Now most chances 2026 Soccer world cup is going to have set new trends for the soccer world because mostly we have many new things and technologies from them for big events with now three countries are sharing this all which is also amazing and new experience with 48 teams are going to take part first time as well.

The advantage that the US has over other countries is that with major sports arenas built across the country is that they don't need to build anything new.  They can leverage existing infrastructure to build out for the world cup.  My concern is with Mexico.  They play at a significantly higher sea level than US or Canada.  When the US plays Mexico in the US vs in Mexico its 2 completely different games than each other.  Going to be interesting how the draws occur and the location they play in.  Canada is wildly different than Mexico. 

I think it is foolish to think so much about the next World Cup. Because there are still many days left. It is also a matter of thinking what kind of decision is next from FIFA. But I think World Cup should be held every 2 years.

[SquallLeonhart]

I'm also thinking about this and I think there is a high chance for them to make a rule to let the world cup visitors to take visas easier while they don't wait for the other normal rules. Because of the current situation in America, there is a high chance for some people to get their visas rejected because of the country they live in.

That would be the best way to handle it, but it's also not that easy to handle it neither. I have to say that it's not going to be easy and we are not going to end up with anything good in the end. We should point out that the best thing to do in this case would be making sure that they have some extra hands working on it.

Because if they have a bigger team working on it, all that extra visa request they will get won't get clogged down in the little one they have right now. Don't get me wrong, they still have people working on visa a lot more than most other nations, but with World Cup coming about, I feel like that's going to be even harder and that is why I suggest that we end up with something that is a lot more and bigger as a team.

[Japinat]

If they do something special, like "world cup visa team" type of deal, where people would apply for a visa outside of regular reasons and just for the world cup, they got in maybe like at max a few days before the world cup starts and leaves after a few days it ends, that type of special situations? That would be making it so much easier.

The next world cup will attract a lot of visitors, because unlike las world cup, the US is a freer state to have fun in that Qatar was.

Also, with how the MLS is becoming more popular and trending every day in the news since Messi joined them and they have been winning each game, even in the United States, there will be a larger audience that will become interested in the world cup game they know as soccer because of the influence of the big players that have moved to the MLS. There will be a lot of travels for games even by citizens of the country and the government needs to be prepared for it.

It's also  a lot more closer to culture of football fans than Qatar was. It's not about having a different culture, or banning some stuff, it's about the fans and what their culture was, and "respect my culture" is not a good way of branding "we will not allow you to do this" because that's just changing words but also doing the same thing.

If you do not allow people to drink beer while watching the game, you lose half of the people already, that's literally one of the most common things everyone does, and just saying "respect my culture" by banning beer drinking, well you end up with white clothed Arabic people watching and no one else coming to visit. They set out to make a good advertisement for their nation and spent 200 billion (doubtful) and managed to ruin their reputation instead.

Absolutely.The US held World Cup was brilliantly held in 1994 when the technology and infrastructure was not as advanced as is now although the freedom even there was the same in the USA.I don't care much what Qatar did and if they ruined their reputation or not but overall I think they made their country well known into the world as no one would know Qatar without this event,no one would know this well about Qatar without this event.

In the countries where it will be held in 2026 it will be one of the most beautiful World Cups ever as the fans are awesome in these countries,and even their national leagues,mainly MLS has become a major sport in US while in 1994 was not that big.

Couldn't agree more with that because before the 2022 World Cup, Qatar was just an ordinary Muslim country that is know for their rich in petrol and nothing more than that. Things evolved afterwards and many perspective have been debunks because of the said event, sure Qatar organized it beautifully but it is well expected to be like that because they have so much resources just waiting to be spend.

In the next world cup, it will be more interesting compared to what happened in 2022 because it will be the first time where three countries have joined together to host the said event and FIFA will introduce a new format as well.

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It's also  a lot more closer to culture of football fans than Qatar was. It's not about having a different culture, or banning some stuff, it's about the fans and what their culture was, and "respect my culture" is not a good way of branding "we will not allow you to do this" because that's just changing words but also doing the same thing.

If you do not allow people to drink beer while watching the game, you lose half of the people already, that's literally one of the most common things everyone does, and just saying "respect my culture" by banning beer drinking, well you end up with white clothed Arabic people watching and no one else coming to visit. They set out to make a good advertisement for their nation and spent 200 billion (doubtful) and managed to ruin their reputation instead.

Actually agree with all your opinion, we must respect with difference culture actually when FIFA World Cup host have Moslem culture and all disallowed like alcohol drinking have be forbidden. I don't know what are people minds when Qatar announcing not allowed yet with LGBT, drinking alcohol and living in the one bad for supporter not marriage yet but many football players and national team not agree what rule from Qatar.

FIFA have research early exactly when choosing country become host of World Cup, agree or not with their culture and all participants national teams until players should respect with country will be host for FIFA World Cup.

When traveling to a new country, it's important to be mindful of its unique cultural practices and customs, and Qatar is no exception. We must show respect for their traditions and way of life. However, with the world becoming increasingly diverse, it's essential to recognize that some countries may have different standards and cultures than what we're accustomed to. For example, while drinking beer may be allowed with no restrictions in many places, it's not permitted in Qatar due to religious beliefs. In my opinion, FIFA should consider reevaluating their decision to allow countries with such strict cultural limitations to host the World Cup. It's crucial to ensure that the event is accessible and enjoyable for people of all backgrounds and beliefs.