NYC hotels see sudden surge in bookings for the World Cup —sending occupancy soaring over 90%

Real Estate NYC hotels see sudden surge in bookings for the World Cup —sending occupancy soaring over 90% By Lauren Elkies Schram Published June 25, 2026, 2:00 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Ka-ching! The 2026 FIFA World Cup is not the embarrassment many predicted it would be for New York City. Even the city’s top bean counter, Mark Levine, took to X to rain on the soccer parade over the weekend: More people are checking in to hotels now that 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway. bignai – stock.adobe.com “Hotel bookings are *lower* here than this time last year. Bookings into JFK are down from last year,” he wrote. “FIFA had projected 1.2M visitors to NY/NJ. We will be lucky to hit 1/3 of that.

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