World Cup parking hustle: Walpole homeowners turn yards into cash as fans flood Foxborough

I'm Lisa Pappas on scene in Walpole where we got to see how homeowners are turning their properties into parking lots for a World Cup match on a busy weekday. It's it's awesome. It's a nice little side gig. Definitely helps out the pockets right now. Walpole residents spent Tuesday afternoon waving down cars to park in their yards for the second World Cup match in Foxboro. I mean I like it. I get to spend more time with my kids because I don't have to get a second job. Most homeowners in South Walpole are charging 100 bucks a car for a 15-minute walk to the stadium and so far the process has been smooth. I got my brother at the end of the street holding a sign and then he'll wave people in and we all try to be the same price. We're not trying to outdo each other. Even the kids are cashing in on the increased traffic. Handing out lemonade to the many soccer fans passing through. And it like all builds up right here. We have like 45 dollars I think. Joey Bilski can fit about 40 cars on his property on Willow Street and that's where a bunch of Norway fans decided to ditch the traffic. Such a big culture shock for us because we came here and like oh who's these people? Do they live here? Oh no we're just tailgating. What? And then they told us like yeah we don't even know the guys who live here. We're just sitting in their backyard drinking, eating sausages. Norway fans got their first tailgating experience by parking in this neighborhood and even got their Uber driver to join them for the game. We took Uber and we had one extra ticket believe it or not and we said if you can drive us back you get the ticket. And they took the ticket and we got a flight back. These guys are awesome. These Norway fans are by far the most electric people I've had park here. Homeowners who allow parking on their properties have to get a permit through the town first to how many cars they can fit but many say the World Cup has been a great way to make some extra money. On scene in Walpole, I'm Lisa Pappas for your local station, Boston 25 News.