Luggage storage during WC26 at AT&T Stadium (Arlington)¶

Status: PURSUING (flipped 2026-06-08 PM — see active/wc26-bags.md) Prior status: RESEARCHED — DO NOT PURSUE (constraints flipped: 4-person team, 1000sf+garage, no HOA, USAA ready) Date: 2026-06-08 (v1.1 corrected from v1.0 — see "address correction" below) Decision driver: HOA risk + low ceiling + opportunity cost

Address correction (v1.0 → v1.1)¶

v1.0 assumed Devin lived in Prestonwood Estates Plano. Correct neighborhood is Prestonwood Estates West, North Arlington 76012 (1905 Red Cypress Ct). ~5 mi from AT&T Stadium, not 35. Geography flips; recommendation does not.

Verdict (v1.1)¶

Don't do it. New dominant reasons: 1. HOA risk. Prestonwood Estates West HOA is real, organized, and litigious (sued City of Arlington 2022). ~85% probability CC&Rs prohibit commercial activity on residential lots. 2. Small upside. Home-based Bounce listing at 1905 Red Cypress = 3-8 bags/day on match days = $200-$600 gross over the tournament, before insurance and tax. 3. Opportunity cost. Strategy C (partner with venue + list on Bounce) still tops out at $0-$3K net, vs. one $100/4mo StampReady cohort.

Aggregators (LuggageHero $1.49/hr at AT&T, Bounce, Vertoe, Stasher, Radical, Mobile Locker Co.) saturate the stadium. Arlington banned new event-zone vendor permits. Ticket sales 35-50%.

Better-fitting alternative (surfaced in v1.1)¶

List parking on SpotHero/JustPark/GameDayParking instead. Same "live near stadium during a major event" upside, ~$225-$1,620 gross over 9 matches, HOAs rarely litigate driveway parking, zero insurance/inventory/bailee liability.

Full deliverable¶

FounderOS/deliverables/MARKET-luggage_storage_wc2026_arlington_v1.1_2026-06-08.html (v1.0 archived: deliverables/archive/MARKET-luggage_storage_wc2026_arlington_v1.0_2026-06-08.html)

Revival trigger¶

(a) Future major DFW event where ticket sales are SOLD OUT (vs WC26's soft 35-50%) AND
(b) Bounce/Vertoe coverage gap verified at the specific venue AND
(d) Prestonwood Estates West CC&R language confirmed permissive (or operating from non-HOA property)

Cost to revive¶

~$1.5K-$3K (bailee + GL insurance + signage + venue rev-share onboarding). ~10 days of setup. Solo-operable only if attach-rate exceeds 5%.

Unknowns that could flip future calls¶

Actual walk-up attach rate (industry assumes 3-5%; nobody publishes real numbers per venue)
Whether ED venues are saturated on Bounce/Vertoe partner agreements at the target event
Prestonwood Estates West CC&R actual language (recorded at Tarrant County Clerk; $1-5 fee, ~30 min to pull)