Kansas City small businesses say World Cup is hurting sales. There’s no bump like the city promised

Chandler Hottenstein spent over a year in preparation for the World Cup.

Hottenstein currently operates the Cinder Block Brewery, a taproom based in North Kansas City. She saw this global-scale event as a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to skyrocket business growth.

But two weeks into the World Cup, Hottenstein says the time she’s put into the business hasn’t yet matched the payoff…

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