Link: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7200743/2026/04/16/fifa-world-cup-2026-tailgating-ban/

It stands to reason tailgating would create a lively scene when the World Cup comes to North America in just under two months. But ... no.

I’m not even sure where you would tailgate at Lumen — the tiny parking lot out front will almost certainly be entirely dedicated to security. Seattle soccer fans drink a beer at a bar and take the light rail or a bus to the game:

Tailgate parties are uniquely American. It’s quite different in the United Kingdom, where fans use public transportation to get to the stadiums. Before stepping inside, they pack local pubs as their own way of tailgating.

Fuck the world cup, yo. FIFA is fucking up the commuter train schedule just for their boogie ass soccer game and they're stiffing NJ for the bill. Working class people gotta rearrange their lives to make way for some multi thousand dollar ticket bullshit. Gonna add forty five minutes onto my commute because some rich fucks wanna watch soccer

Fuck FIFA fuck their rich man's soccer tournament

The transit story around this World Cup is heartbreaking. My city, Seattle, has been using hosting the World Cup to motivate and inform some really awesome improvements to our transit system, and the event was supposed to be a way to demonstrate to transit-skeptical Americans that buses and trains are superior to cars. Unfortunately, the message most people are going to take from this tournament is the opposite -- trains and buses are more expensive than cars, where at least you can travel a few miles for less than $100. Fuck FIFA and fuck this men's world cup in particular.