Astronomical ticket prices, soaring security costs and concern over traffic and transit snarls is mixed with pride in host cities and excitement over the U.S. team.
The United States plays Paraguay on Friday in the first U.S.-hosted game of the World Cup, at SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles. FIFA is requiring stadiums to hide the logos of their corporate sponsors during the tournament.
James Dolan suggested that the incompetence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, left them incapable of handling “anything like this.”