Sam McDowell

I mean, ticket prices are incredibly expensive for the games themselves.

I absolutely think some...

administrative stuff at the federal level is playing into this with some immigration policies and things of that sort.

I don't know that everyone feels super welcome right now in America, and I think that probably applies to a certain percentage of people as well.

I also just think that often we hear about numbers.

Look, I don't think this is unique.

I guess it was the last bucket I'll put this in, in the sense that we hear frequently about projections and stuff and that the major events don't quite live up.

Because I guess one of the things I was thinking about, if you do normally come to Kansas City during this time,

that you might decide a different time would be better because maybe the World Cup isn't the reason you're coming and now your trip just got more expensive and why don't I change the date on when I'm coming back to Kansas City or coming to Kansas City.

So my guess is there's a lot at play.

And the very last piece of it is that, you know, there is still time before.

But, look, I mean, I agree with –

I think it's probably early to say it is going to be a bust, but it certainly looks more likely like it's not going to live up to complete expectations in terms of travel and visitors.

I wondered that for a while just because of like ticket prices.

I mean, I feel like you and I being in the business of sports maybe should know better like how many tickets –

are showing up on the resale sites versus, like, how many of those will end up being sold.

But I really don't have a great feel for it.

I certainly think the average Kansas Citian feels priced out of attending the actual games themselves.

What's interesting about that is the way that

The Kansas City FIFA World Cup committee used that stuff to its advantage to lure the teams here for the base camps.