FIFA has mysteriously cancelled 2,000 hotel rooms in World Cup host cities without explanation.
The tournament kicks off in less than three months but the organizer has had a change of plans.
Fifa have cancelled thousands of hotel rooms ahead of the World CupCredit: AFP
have cancelled 2,000 hotel rooms in Philadelphia, according to the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association.
The football governing body previously booked 10,000 rooms in the city.
Fifa have not provided an explanation for the cancellation, which came at four city centre hotels.
Ed Grose, the president of the Philadelphia Hotel Association, told ABC 6 : “While we were not excited about that, it’s not the end of the world either.
“These are rooms that are going to be put back out on the marketplace and sold to fans who want to come to Philadelphia.”
It comes after Fifa cancelled hotels in Mexico City, another host city.
The director general of Mexico City’s Hotel Association, Alberto Albarrán Leyva, told El Financiero that 800 of the 2,000 hotel rooms booked had been cancelled.
He said in a separate interview with ESPN: “FIFA booked 2,000 rooms months ago to prevent (running short) and guarantee its operation.
“Over time, it cancelled some reservations because it realised that it was no longer going to use them.
“There is no other reason or other type of context.”
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