The World Cup is being played at multiple venues in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Of 114 matches, 14 are scheduled to be played in LA or San Francisco.
The simple solution would be to switch venues. Do the fans a favor and just don’t play any games in California at all.
But FIFA won’t do that because FIFA is basically owned by the television people, and tv and streaming are mostly owned by Big Tech. Tv and Big Tech are only interested in advertising revenue. FIFA would play games in hell if the devil would toss enough money into advertising.
They’re kinda, sorta already doing that by playing games in California anyhow.
Any city that can host a D1 college football game can host a World Cup game. There are lots of good choices. I’d be inclined against putting very many games in the South because soccer is a running game with continuous play, not a stop motion game where the 300 pounders can waddle over to the oxygen tent whenever they break a sweat, in a game with six minutes of actual play surrounded by two hours of commercials. The World Cup will be played in June and July. I’d minimize sweatbox games.
Heck, we’ve got enough high school football stadiums here in Texas for them to host every game.
They also only want to play in cities that appeal to the wealthy Eurotrash. Never forget what this event is about. $$$.
For most of these people, the game is secondary. It’s about shopping sprees for their wives and kids.