Hotels cancel US Army football game bookings to accommodate migrants
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The Army-Navy game, which pits teams from the military schools of the two services against one another, is set for December 9th at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.
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The 123rd Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 10 December 2022 (Getty)
According to CBS News, hotels in Massachusetts in the United States canceled bookings for veterans hoping to attend the Army-Navy football game in December in order to accommodate an influx of migrants.
The Army-Navy game, which pits teams from the military schools of the two services against one another, is set for December 9th at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.
According to the article, three hotels owned by Giri Hotel Management canceled their bookings in order to lease the rooms to the state of Massachusetts to lodge refugees.
The investigation details that the company's choice to renew the lease with the state impacted at least 70 of the agent's clients' reservations. Massachusetts has a "right to shelter" statute that guarantees accommodation to homeless families and pregnant women.
According to a Giri Hotel Management spokeswoman, the firm is collaborating with the government to lodge migrants as a show of solidarity and humanitarian duty.
Mark Mansbach, a New Jersey travel agent, received calls from clients stating their rooms were canceled.
According to Mansbach, he had "never had a hotel take room back and give me nothing. They sent out cancellations and walked away."
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey expressed concern that veterans' reservations may have been canceled and instructed the Office of Veteran Services to examine the incident.
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