KC hotels scramble as FIFA cancels majority of World Cup blocks
TL;DR
FIFA blocked up to 5,000 Kansas City hotel rooms per night for the World Cup but canceled about 75% of those reservations, leaving local hotels scrambling to fill the vacancies and risking millions in unrealized revenue as bookings lag outside match days; Visit KC says the cancellations were abnormally large but not unique to KC, with some uptick expected around the six games.
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