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Does hosting the Olympics, the World Cup or other major sports events really pay off? (theconversation.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Interesting take here, arguing that usually, you actually depress tourism with these events. That makes these sound even worse than what I had thought before - worth it if you use existing facilities, not worth it if you build new ones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

If you like looking at decrepit buildings, find some pics of the soccer stadiums built for Brazil 2014. It's crazy that even in a soccer-crazy country they couldn't plan better/find use for all of those massively expensive state-of-the-art stadiums.

Qatar will probably not use their stadiums for much, but at least they knew they were spending on a massive tourism ad and will be one of few countries benefitting from hosting.