Free World Cup tickets, new Whole Foods, top Miami mall. See top business stories

World Cup giveaways, a new Whole Foods and a top-ranked mall are among the top South Florida’s business headlines this week.

Here are key takeaways:

• Airbnb World Cup giveaway: Airbnb is offering about 1,300 free World Cup game tickets to guests across 16 host cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico as short-term rental demand growth slows. Stays must average $385 a night to qualify, with tickets released in phases through the July 19 final.
• Cruise lines tune in: Major cruise companies are making sure passengers don’t miss the World Cup, streaming matches via onboard WiFi, stateroom TVs and public venues. Carnival Horizon docks in Curaçao on June 25, the same day the island nation plays Ivory Coast in its final group stage match.
• Whole Foods comes to Doral: Whole Foods Market will open its first Doral store on July 2, marking the chain’s furthest west location in the Miami metro area. The 43,000-square-foot store will greet the first 300 shoppers with limited-edition tote bags and Secret Saver cards offering up to $100 off.
• Aventura Mall tops the nation: Aventura Mall was named the Best Mall in the United States in the 2026 USA Today Readers’ Choice Awards, repeating its 2025 win. Florida placed three malls in the top 10, with The Mall at Millenia at No. 5 and Town Center at Boca Raton at No. 10.
• Affordable housing replaces public housing: Developers are replacing aging county-owned public housing with denser affordable and workforce housing to address Miami-Dade’s shortage of roughly 90,000 units. The Rhapsody at Rainbow Village project alone will swap 136 old apartments for more than 1,500 new mixed-income units.

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