The 2026 FIFA World Cup is expected to be the largest sporting event in history, attracting millions of fans across 16 host cities in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada.
With the World Cup running 39 days, starting June 11, HR professionals are encouraged to prepare for traffic jams and mass transit delays during workers’ commutes, absenteeism and lower productivity, and compliance issues with laws surrounding wages, discrimination, and gambling.
Among the locations hosting the FIFA World Cup (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) are: Atlanta; Boston; Dallas; Guadalajara, Mexico; Houston; Kansas City, Mo.; Los Angeles; Mexico City; Miami; Monterrey, Mexico; New York/New Jersey; Philadelphia; San Francisco/Bay Area; Seattle; Toronto; and Vancouver, British Columbia. All are major metropolitan areas that have busy international airports, heavily used mass transit, and traffic congestion.
When the U.S. hosted the World Cup in 1994, more than 3.5 million fans traveled to the country to watch matches across nine U.S. cities.
This year’s World Cup is expected to draw approximately 6 billion viewers around the globe, according to FIFA, and more than 5 million in-person attendees.
Naturally, this means travel disruption for airlines, trains, mass transit, and road vehicles.
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