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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The Middle East certainly can, and likely will, be able to buy more events. Problem is it was plainly obvious to anyone with eyes that attendance at a lot of the matches was not close to full. So do FIFA risk more bribes to not even play at full stadiums? I'm skeptical. They can sell out in England, America, Germany etc... no problem because people actually want to go there. As we saw with Qatar, no one wants to go to a subdued party.
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I agree. To start with the biggest event was probably too much for Qatar, even though they put on as best a show as they could. Must have one 80K seater and one 60K seater etc... And for a subdued party, not everyone is a drinker. The Arabs can throw a party.
I just don't think it's the 100% waste that the West is portraying. Qatar will host more events and maybe become a place people want to go to. I'm kind of curious about Souq Waqif, where TSN were located.