El Pasoans are losing their s**t over these world cup soccer games. Not everybody though so if you, (like me), could really care less, there are plenty of other things to do.
Thing's really are bigger in Texas, including the "F" - ups. A museum about 3 hours east of El Paso pays homage to a successful industry, atop one of that industries biggest failures.
Some folks in El Paso, especially younger El Pasoans, won't believe that these jobs actually did once exist. They not only did, they were pretty common.