justOnePersistentKbinPlease

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Cake day: September 6th, 2024

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  • The problem Vancouver is seeing is that Fifa brings batshit insane rules with it.

    The city isnt allowed to host any other major events or conferences while the world cup is happening, so even local farmer’s markets are forced to pause in some locations to prevent any competition.

    As a result, hotel bookings are down roughly 7%. In part because the massive block Fifa itself held made them all think it was going to be crazy busy so they jumped prices. Then Fifa released 15,000 hotel rooms in their block in late March.

    And worse, there is exactly one official event to watch and hang out. For the Olympics in 2010, there were free events anywhere they could place them, it was a fantastic experience.