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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
Vancouver Olympics had construction budgeted in at $603 million.
For that much money you could easily build three new buildings from scratch. That doesn't include any private investments into new buildings in the cities.
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In the end, the Vancouver Olympics cost more than seven billion.
And you are talking about three cut-rate stadiums there. The Skydome alone cost 650 million and that was 25 years ago. Now a WC wouldn't need eight Skydomes, but it would need a lot more than three new cheap stadiums.
I'd be fascinated to see who these private investors would be. The richest people in the country won't even build a rink for their own hockey team.
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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
The arguments against considering hosting the World Cup, or thinking it's a pipe dream have more to do with an individual not liking soccer than the numbers as the stats are there.
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The Negative Nellies in Brazil are raising a stink about the growing costs of their (now 11 billion dollar) celebration. Next time, they should pick a country that actually likes soccer.
I wonder if the stats were there.