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Mexico City
Mexico's capital; hosted the 2026 World Cup opener while suspending its own short-let rental protections.
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#14 28 Sept
Mentioned in: Cape Town eyes commercial rates for lets
Nomads & Communities#14 26 Sept
Mentioned in: Medellín turns from paperwork to zoning
Nomads & Communities#14 8 Sept
Formalised host and platform registers on 30 September
Nomads & Communities: Mexico proposes 36% rise in visitor fee#13 18 Aug
Extended host registration to the end of 2026 rather than enforce the original deadline
Nomads & Communities: Mexico City slips its host deadline#12 26 Jul
Mexico City probes despojo short lets
Nomads & Communities#48 25 Jul
1994 keeps the per-match attendance record
2026 FIFA World Cup#49 22 Jul
Mentioned in: Comcast puts $440m on the World Cup
2026 FIFA World Cup#49 21 Jul
Presented a closing report claiming 44 billion pesos of economic activity
2026 FIFA World Cup: Mexico's four totals for one tournament#41 15 Jul
Mentioned in: Lautaro header sends Argentina to final
2026 FIFA World Cup#45 10 Jul
Recorded a hotel occupancy decline alongside other host cities
2026 FIFA World Cup: Host cities got emptier hotel rooms#38 8 Jul
Received the bulk of Mexico's World Cup security deployment
2026 FIFA World Cup: Cartel drones bomb a Guerrero village#48 7 Jul
Mentioned in: ICE officer fatally shoots Houston work-crew driver
2026 FIFA World Cup#35 6 Jul
Declared 'saldo blanco', no incidents, after the Azteca fixture and fan zones
2026 FIFA World Cup: Mexico City declares a safe Azteca night#34 4 Jul
Received the warning ahead of the Mexico v England kickoff
2026 FIFA World Cup: US Embassy warns fans before kickoff#34 4 Jul
Assembled a roughly 40,000-strong security operation for the Azteca tie
2026 FIFA World Cup: Mexico City guards the Azteca's return#33 2 Jul
Deployed a combined 16,800 officers across Reforma, the Azteca and the Zocalo
2026 FIFA World Cup: Mexico City doubles police after crush#44 29 Jun
Four deaths on Paseo de la Reforma
2026 FIFA World Cup#9 29 Jun
Logged roughly 27,000 registered STR properties against an estimated 30,000-plus listings
Nomads & Communities: Mexico City registry stalls at 27,000#32 29 Jun
Recorded the tournament's first crowd deaths
2026 FIFA World Cup: Four die in Mexico World Cup crush#8 21 Jun
Passed the short-let registration deadline without publishing a compliance count or enforcement announcement
Nomads & Communities: CDMX short-let cap freezes mid-World Cup#18 11 Jun
Mentioned in: Azteca set for a third World Cup opener
2026 FIFA World Cup#18 11 Jun
Mentioned in: The 48-team format makes its debut
2026 FIFA World Cup#18 11 Jun
Mentioned in: Teachers and the missing take the Zocalo
2026 FIFA World Cup#16 11 Jun
Mentioned in: Injury-Swap Window Shuts Thursday 3pm ET
2026 FIFA World Cup#19 11 Jun
Mentioned in: Riot police, tear gas at Azteca gates
2026 FIFA World Cup#19 11 Jun
Mentioned in: Mexico win first opener at ninth try
2026 FIFA World Cup#14 5 Jun
Mentioned in: Banorte still has no FIFA clearance yet
2026 FIFA World Cup#7 22 May
Gained a live short-let enforcement mechanism from 22 May, with registration deadline falling mid-World Cup window
Nomads & Communities: Mexico City registry opens, clock running#11 21 May
#5 21 May
CDMX short-let cap misses the firms
Nomads & Communities#4 20 May
Left STR registry unbuilt and rent-cap legislation parked ahead of 11 June kickoff
Nomads & Communities: CDMX, 22 days to kickoff, with unbuilt registry#10 11 May
Mentioned in: Twelve host cities silent at the HRW deadline
2026 FIFA World Cup#10 6 May
Mentioned in: MetLife Stadium lays 600 rolls of bermudagrass
2026 FIFA World Cup#3 1 May
#2 22 Apr
CDMX seeks STR cap pause for World Cup
Nomads & Communities#8 19 Apr
Mentioned in: France names Minneapolis in travel advisory
2026 FIFA World Cup#7 12 Apr
Mentioned in: FIFA shuts Iran relocation door via Sheinbaum
2026 FIFA World Cup#1 1 Apr
Delayed proposed rent-cap legislation until after the 2026 World Cup and left Airbnb's injunction unanswered
Nomads & Communities: World Cup suspends Mexico City STR cap#1 1 Apr
“tournament demand drove suspension of housing protections”
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#3 28 Mar
Mentioned in: Azteca reopens before 84,130 fans
2026 FIFA World Cup#3 26 Mar
Mentioned in: Guadalajara passes first security test
2026 FIFA World Cup#2 23 Mar
Mentioned in: Guadalajara 12,000 security tested live
2026 FIFA World Cup#2 23 Mar
Mentioned in: Protesters target Azteca reopening
2026 FIFA World Cup#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: New York gets $17.2m for Cup security
2026 FIFA World Cup#2 22 Mar
Mentioned in: Azteca passes final tech tests
2026 FIFA World Cup#1 22 Mar
Mentioned in: Azteca owner unsure stadium is ready
2026 FIFA World Cup#1 5 Mar
Mentioned in: Plan Kukulkan deploys 100,000 troops
2026 FIFA World Cup#1 1 Jan