The Great Bait-and-Switch: Querétaro and the 2026 World Cup
Versión en español: Leer este post en español → Querétaro is not where the party is. It’s the guy selling side salads outside the main taqueria. Not a single match will be played here. Games are in Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey. What Querétaro gets is a national team that trains at La Loma, sleeps in Jurica, and goes to play somewhere else. For that privilege, the local government already signed the FIFA Team Base Camp Host Agreement — including replacing the training field’s grass with natural turf to FIFA specifications: a million dollars minimum, paid by the local government. Plus road upgrades. Plus security. Plus aesthetics. All so the boxer can go fight in Guadalajara. ...