They are 13th tho based on wiki. Canada is 3rd.
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2022 World Cup Preparation Is Costing Qatar $500 Million a Week
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Yep and probably the years before and after as well since I imagine there will need to be some adjustement.
chromatic9
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For Doha, I would think transport was going to come along anyway given all the hotels and skyscrapers. Depends on what plans they have for the rest of the country. It's only about 4000 square miles and most of the population is in Doha. Maybe they have big community plans with high density across the small region of Qatar.
Came here to say this.
Infrastructure is a very good thing for countries to spend money on.
Only (and it's a big one) issue is the pay/conditions of the workforce. That's what makes the whole thing shit
Vivalaraza
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Insane but it sounds like this is how much they're spending on their national infrastructure all in rather than just infrastructure for the World Cup.
Frozenprince
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FIFA don't care.
And how many billions of dollars of public money has been spent on those projects? I'd ballpark north of $10Billion on the books and a similar amount in future debt.
Eh, pretty sure the Olympics in Canada, the US and Great Britain made money in the end, as did the World Cup 2006 here in Germany. Public infrastructure and new stadiums being used after the Olympics are over is what's important. Having old stadiums you can upgrade for the Olympics is also a plus. If you build stadiums in the middle of nowhere that are never going to be used again...good luck.
His Majesty
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Yep. FIFA officials don't care as long as the money ends up on the right bank accounts.
I still hope the football federations give a big fuck you tot FIFA and just continue business as usual.
br0ken_shad0w
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The Olympics and the World Cup have been hosted by worse governments than Trump's; the US just won't pony up the kickback.
gutter_trash
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Montreal 76, total failure. big debts LOL.
Calgary 88, success. good profit.
Vancouver 10, total success, big bang for their bucks profit
I remember seeing some stuff during Brazil's craziness that talked about using the new construction for affordable/public housing. Here it is.
Though from the looks of it, none of this really came to fruition. It seems like these events would be a lot more justifiable if they were using some of the excess afterwards to help the people who actually needed it. I mean, the "working conditions" aren't justified by anything here, but the fact that it ends up going to waste is insulting in an entirely different way.
Though from the looks of it, none of this really came to fruition. It seems like these events would be a lot more justifiable if they were using some of the excess afterwards to help the people who actually needed it. I mean, the "working conditions" aren't justified by anything here, but the fact that it ends up going to waste is insulting in an entirely different way.
Keeping them alive would be a good start. Paying them too.
Most of the money is going back into the pockets of the people running the project.
Ninja Scooter
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US Finally wins a world cup!
Pretty much this.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
$200 billion basically thrown down the toilet.
I would not be surprised if this ranked among the biggest amounts of money wasted in the history of mankind. It pains me to think of how many people this actually could have helped.
I would not be surprised if this ranked among the biggest amounts of money wasted in the history of mankind. It pains me to think of how many people this actually could have helped.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Overall I think it will result in a sizable net loss.
Generally the World Cup does generate income, but it's never come close to covering how much this one is costing.
Infrastructure is only good if the country is going to make use of it. All these services that they're building to handle WC capacities, are people going to use them after the WC is over?
Go see China and their ghost town construction boom. The difference is that for China it pretty much is a make-work programme. Here, workers are little more than slaves.
Why? Trump is good at making deals. He makes the best deals.
You will get the Olympics and Mexico will pay for it.
Insane Metal
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That's good, so they are building like 10 hospitals and 10 railways every week? That's nice!
Qatar is new money, they still don't know what to do with all the cash they have. This is a drop in the bucket for the government.
old manatee
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It's so fucked up that every major sporting event needs its own one-time use stadium.
Pretty gross that not a single country is likely to boycott this trash despite how obvious it is that Qatar bribed the shit out of FIFA.
That's the thing though. It doesn't. The US has literally dozens of really nice stadiums all over the country, and they're used for a multitude of events. There will be brand new billion-dollar stadiums in Atlanta and LA ready to open in the next two years. Of course, bribe money trumps all of that, as we've seen.
That's the thing though. It doesn't. The US has literally dozens of really nice stadiums all over the country, and they're used for a multitude of events. There will be brand new billion-dollar stadiums in Atlanta and LA ready to open in the next two years. Of course, bribe money trumps all of that, as we've seen.
frankie_baby
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And England could host it without spending a penny
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