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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)

These costs should be borne by the organization that is earning money out of these events, which is FIFA. It should not always be the host cities that take on all the expenses,” Gogishvili said, noting the soccer body’s expected $13 billion revenue from 2023-26.

Huge events like this and the Olympics cost local communities a ton of money.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And possibly a lot of costs on unused big new shiny infrastructure after the event.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All the World Cup games are being played in NFL stadiums in the US and existing soccer stadiums in Canada and Mexico. As far as I know there isn’t much new infrastructure being built for this one. The Olympics, on the other hand, have an obscene amount of specialized infrastructure that gets built and is typically abandoned after the games.

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

While that might be that case for this world ~~in~~ cup, it's not always like that.