Players and fans are likely to face dangerous levels of heat and humidity throughout much of the upcoming World Cup tournament.
As a fan, there’s an extremely easy solution to this problem: don’t go. That’s it. You’ve solved the problem of suffering extreme heat during the match and probaby saved yourself from being treated as a terrorist from the magastan gestapo.
And if you absolutely have to go to a match, you could go to one of the matches in Canada, which would avoid both problems!
Although on second thoughts it’s going to be interesting to see what the international attendance is like compared to other FA Cups. My hunch is that numbers will be down for geopolitical reasons but I’m not a football fan so what would I know.
My hunch is that numbers will be down for geopolitical reasons
There’s some reporting to indicate that numbers could be subdued: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0p2532xn4o
The Wanderstay is a mile on foot from the Houston fan zone and a short drive from the stadium hosting Houston’s matches. It is currently at 45% capacity for the period of the tournament, Mathis told the BBC, compared with 70% for the same time last year.
Mathis blamed the “political climate” during US President Donald Trump’s second term in office, in particular immigration raids carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in cities across the country.
She also pointed to the rising cost of living in the wake of the US-Israel war in Iran, as well as the “phenomenally” expensive tickets to World Cup matches.
That makes sense.
😆 If only!