Overnight 16,800 fans cancelled their FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets. FIFA is scheduling an emergency meeting next week

[riversedge]

Overnight 16,800 fans cancelled their FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets.

FIFA is scheduling an emergency meeting next week to address the mounting protesting relating to safety and political concerns.

Link to tweet

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[malaise]

1. The World Cup should be hosted by Mexico and Canada

That is all

[SamKnause]

2. Thank you to all that canceled their tickets !!!

Boycott and shun the U.S. until Trump and his criminal cabal are removed from office, charged, prosecuted, and
imprisoned.

If you are thinking about visiting the U.S. you should know you will not be safe !!!!!!

The U.S. no longer operates under the rule of law !!!!!!!!

[Raven123]

3. Wow. I wonder if FIFA sites will become venues for protest

[malaise]

5. This one?

https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2025/07/09/sketch-fifa-celebrates-iconic-trump-tower-office-opening-iconic-cwc-trophy-display/

July 8 – They say that criminals always return to the scene of the crime. In 2015 the US Department of Homeland Security blew the administration of world football off its feet with the FIFAgate scandal and indictment of more than 40 FIFA federation officials.

The first of the whistleblowers to be taken into custody was former Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer, famously arrested on his mobility scooter outside the Trump Tower where Concacaf had its corporate offices. Blazer also had an apartment in Trump Tower that he lived in with his parrot, as well as a separate apartment for his cats – it’s that kind of eclectic building.

FIFA and football have history with this building and close to the 10-year anniversary of those seismic arrests why not celebrate with a permanent return to the place where so many of the dirty deals and pretty much all the indicted felons were seen to frequent.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino referred to Trump Tower as an “iconic building” during the opening.FIFA also referred to its shiny new trophy which will now be on display in the office building’s lobby, as iconic. (ed: Gianni has his name engraved on it. See How to become a winner, engrave your name on the trophy).
😀😀😀

[riversedge]

8. kick

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. Dont blame them

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Do you have a source for this allegation other than a tweet? Thanks. NT

[AllyCat]

15. I found this:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/fans-cancel-16800-fifa-world-cup-2026-tickets-and-demand-a-boycott-of-trump-usa/ar-AA1U0Rvk

[sl8]

17. Have you found "BallerAlert" to be a a credible source?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

19. "BallerAlert" doesn't provide a source either. It says this:

Reports now show about 16,800 fans have canceled their World Cup tickets worldwide and that number is still climbing fast. This isn’t about bad flights or hotel prices. This is people saying they are walking away from the tournament entirely because they do not feel safe going to the United States given the current climate created by ICE tactics under the Trump administration and aggressive immigration enforcement that many see as a real threat to visitors.

Reports from whom?

And good mornimg.

[sl8]

20. I've yet to see anything credible to back up the claims.

A Brazilian fact checker, Boatos.org, says that the story is false, but I'm not familiar with them, so I'm not claiming them as a credible source, either.

https://www.boatos.org/english/did-thousands-of-people-cancel-world-cup-tickets-because-of-donald-trump.html

And, good morning to you.

[rictofen]

7. You can't cancel WC tickets, and the linked article doesn't even load

"A Jordanian news website affiliated with Roya TV, bringing you local Jordanian news, news from Palestine, and the most important Arab and international news."

[HipChick]

9. You can resell WC tickets on FIFA platform

[rictofen]

12. If they meant reselling, they should've said that

And resellers require buyers -- each of which get slapped by a tidy little 15% fee by FIFA. That doesn't sound like a very enticing article though.

Which brings me back to the only source being an article that won't load from a random Jordanian website no one's ever heard of.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

21. The story at Roya News consists of AI-generated audio.

https://en.royanews.tv/news/66526/Fans-cancel-tickets,-FIFA-calls-emergency-meeting-over-World-Cup-backlash

There is no more.

And good morning.

[EarthboneArt]

10. They are going to need a lot of peace prizes to win those fans back.

[Alice B.]

11. If this is true, I love it.Especially after seeing photos of our community's protest Sunday draw laughter reactions...

It’s a reality check and a reminder, as someone told me Sunday, “there’s more of us than there are of them.”

[sinkingfeeling]

13. But, but, TSF says the world loves us and we're hot.

[AllyCat]

14. Here's another source:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/fans-cancel-16800-fifa-world-cup-2026-tickets-and-demand-a-boycott-of-trump-usa/ar-AA1U0Rvk

[sl8]

16. Have you found "BallerAlert" to be a credible source? nt

[IronLionZion]

18. FIFA will give him a second peace prize

since he's stopped the war on protein, war on Christmas, war on soccer fans invading America, etc.

[Vinca]

22. Anyone traveling to this country for a sporting event is in peril. ICE doesn't care who you are, what you're here for

or anything else. If you aren't lily white, have any sort of accent or just don't look right, you could be added to "the numbers."

[obamanut2012]

23. You can't cancel World Cup tickets

[Johnny2X2X]

24. These events are not safe to be held here for the fans

I can't imagine the hell the people traveling here are potentially facing. I would not risk it.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

25. Jesse Owen's & Hitler

Can you imagine when some “shithole” country beats the USMNT 3-0 with Trump in attendence? Reminiscent of the 1936 Olympics. Not sure I’d travel here from abroad right now. I’d expect a fair number of our visitors to demonstrate their displeasure.