Several years ago (and when I was much younger and had more energy), I traveled to Thailand to see the sites there but also for the night life. After I booked that trip, their king died and they had a month long period of mourning which restricted tourist access to many of the things I wanted to see and also had a curfew on bars at midnight. Definitely impacted my trip and the plans I had, but I still had a great time and it kind of made some of the other experiences I had there a bit more unique.They don't even get the benefit of being there for the funeral spectacle which is late next week. Still, I understand the decision. I used to be completely against canceling sports and performances for stuff like this. My personal instinct runs that way still. I think the NFL was right to play games right after JFK was killed, and wrong to postpone games after 9/11. But that's not how most people are wired.
That American soccer fan is screwed, but if the games went on millions of people would call the PL heartless and cruel. Canceling is easy by comparison.