Publix guns, a Miami billionaire, World Cup hotels: Here’s what to know

Miami’s business and lifestyle news spans gun policy, soccer tourism, billionaire real estate and celebrity philanthropy.

Here’s a quick rundown of four stories making headlines across South Florida.

• Supermarket guns: Publix has rolled back its policy allowing open-carry of firearms in Florida supermarkets, with new signs and a website notice asking that only law enforcement openly carry guns in stores. The reversal follows six months of allowing open carry at the supermarket chain.
• World Cup hotels: Miami hotel bookings for the 2026 FIFA World Cup are falling short of sky-high expectations, with FIFA returning blocks of rooms to hotels due to lack of demand as the June 11 opening match approaches. High ticket costs, expensive U.S. travel, visa uncertainties and concerns about President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are deterring European and African fans, with demand concentrated on Brazil-Scotland on June 24 and Colombia-Portugal on June 27.
• Ken Griffin: Citadel CEO and local billionaire Ken Griffin announced he is adding hundreds of thousands of square feet to the firm’s new 1,049-foot Brickell headquarters tower at 1201 Brickell Bay Dr., calling it “doubling down” on Miami. Griffin cited New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed tax on second homes worth more than $5 million as motivation.
• Celebrity philanthropy: Supermodels Gisele Bundchen and Karlie Kloss launched an online Mother’s Day fundraiser for Lotus House, the largest women and children’s shelter in the U.S., located in Overtown. Bundchen previously broke ground on a children’s center at Lotus House in 2023 and donated $1 million toward a playground, while Kloss recently pledged $1 million toward clothing, healthcare and toys at the facility.

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