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Miami Hotels Cut Spa Prices To $109 As World Cup Crowds Fade

Miami Hotels Cut Spa Prices to $109 as World Cup Crowds Fade

More than 30 spas across Miami-Dade County cut their treatment menus to fixed prices of $109, $159 and $199 through August 31, 2026, as hotels try to fill rooms in the weeks after the World Cup left town. The program, called Miami Spa Months, arrives after match-day hotel occupancy across the market averaged just 24% during the tournament despite an estimated 500,000 visitors passing through the city in June and July. Key Takeaways More than 30 Miami-Dade spas offer fixed prices of $109, $159 and $199 through August 31, 2026 under the Miami Spa Months program. Match-day hotel occupancy during Miami’s seven World Cup matches averaged only 24%, and 45% of local hotels projected a shortfall against forecast. An estimated

Pop Air Exhibition

Balloon Museum’s “Pop Air” Exhibition Fills Mana Wynwood With 18 Rooms of Interactive Inflatable Art Through September

The Balloon Museum’s “Pop Air: Art is Inflatable” has taken over the Mana Wynwood Convention Center with 18 large-scale rooms of interactive inflatable artwork, bringing a globally touring exhibition that has drawn more than seven million visitors across previous stops in Rome, Paris, New York, and Los Angeles to Miami’s primary arts district for a run through September 27. The exhibition, which opened May 16, uses the convention center’s 100,000-square-foot footprint to stage installations by international artists from Europe, Australia, and the Americas, each designed to be touched, entered, and physically experienced rather than observed from behind a barrier. Key Takeaways “Pop Air: Art is Inflatable,” produced by the Balloon Museum, occupies 18 rooms inside Mana Wynwood Convention Center and

Miami-Dade Budget Cuts 12 Bus Routes, Drains Rail Fund

Miami-Dade’s $14.3 Billion Budget Proposes Cutting 12 Bus Routes and Draining an $89 Million Rail Reserve

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s proposed $14.3 billion budget for fiscal year 2027 would eliminate 12 bus routes, end early morning and late-night service on dozens of others, and redirect an $89 million reserve originally set aside for future rail expansion to cover current transit operating costs. Transit advocates and at least one county commissioner have warned that the plan addresses a structural funding gap with one-time measures that will leave the system facing an even deeper financial cliff within two years. Key Takeaways The proposed FY2027 budget eliminates 12 of Miami-Dade Transit’s 74 bus routes and ends service before 6 a.m. on 44 county-operated routes and after 10 p.m. on others, saving approximately $31.4 million from the general