Events and Attractions
Australian Open caps first-week ground pass sales for 2027 event
Sales of the Australian Open’s most popular tickets -- “ground passes,” which give fans entry to Melbourne Park at the best price -- “will be capped for every day of the first week” of the Melbourne Grand Slam in 2027, according to Peter Rolfe of the Melbourne HERALD SUN. The move is “likely to spar...
Logistical questions face potential 64-team World Cup in 2030
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said that any further expansion of the 2030 World Cup “will be discussed” now the 2026 tournament has finished, though the idea has raised logistical “question marks” about whether 64 teams is the way forward in the long term, according to Sam Blitz of SKYSPORTS. A 64...
World Cup host cities begin tabulating their individual successes following tournament
The World Cup sparked “massive local booms in host cities” during the tournament, and the kick “is visible in the geography of the receipts,” according to James Franey of the N.Y. POST. Brick-and-mortar restaurant spending in host cities “jumped two percentage points” during the opening weeks, while...
Rankings: France finishes as No. 1 digital brand as Spain captures World Cup title in final Sports Social Pulse rankings
France claimed the World Cup’s digital championship, finishing as the tournament’s No. 1 digital brand among World Cup teams, while Spain lifted the trophy on the pitch but finished seventh in the digital standings in the final Sports Social Pulse rankings, developed by the Univ. of South Carolina’s...
World Cup’s ‘Americanized feel’ consumed most of the world, good or bad
The World Cup for the past five weeks “consumed the world, and -- for the first time ever -- most of the United States,” according to Ann Killion of the S.F. CHRONICLE. The competition was “fantastic,” and the expansion “brought joy to countries traditionally left out and created new favorites.” New...
New Ultimate Championships aim to modernize track and field
The first edition of the World Athletics Ultimate Championships -- organization President Lord Sebastian Coe’s “bid to modernise track and field” -- will be “held in Budapest from September 11 to 13,” according to Kit Shepard of the London TIMES. Coe said that the format “will be ‘unashamedly aimed ...
Soccer eyes begin to shift to 2027 Women’s World Cup, which is poised for unprecedented parity
While the men’s World Cup came to a close Sunday, “newly converted soccer fanatics and longtime diehards won’t have to wait four years for their next drink” -- as the FIFA Women’s World Cup is less than a year away, according to Emma Healy of the BOSTON GLOBE. The 2027 Women’s World Cup -- hosted by...
Top players threaten U.S. Open mixed doubles boycott amid push for more prize money, support
A group of top-20 tennis players “pushing for more prize money and support at the sport’s biggest tournaments” is targeting a boycott at the U.S. Open’s new “star-studded mixed doubles tournament,” according to Matthew Futterman of THE ATHLETIC. The USTA’s leaders are “working to head off what could...
World Cup helps boost U.S. image, but issues still linger after controversies
The World Cup and its “dizzying array of feel-good social media fodder” gave the U.S.’s image a “much-needed boost globally, though concerns over high-level interference and visa difficulties for some fans overshadowed the action on the field at times,” according to Amy Tennery of REUTERS. A “series...
Masters increases ticket prices for Map & Flag hospitality
Augusta National Golf Club’s off-site hospitality offering is now around $20,000 per ticket as it enters its fourth year in 2027. Map & Flag, located across Washington Road from ANGC, was said to have been priced around $17,000 for a weekly pass over its first three years.
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By all means this World Cup has exceeded all expectation. This has not just been the greatest FIFA World Cup of all time. It is the greatest human social and cultural event that mankind has ever witnessed.-- FIFA President Gianni Infantino, on the success of the 2026 World Cup.
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