[News] Flames/Stamps New Arena Part Of World Cup Bid in 2026..

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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

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.




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.

I did a quick Wikipedia search to see what the costs of Vancouver were and compared that to the new stadium in Winnipeg. Divided the costs of the Winnipeg football stadium into the costs of the stated construction costs of the Vancouver Olympics.

Granted it's the Wiki-pee-thai-ya. So yeah...

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Originally Posted by powderjunkie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_...FIFA_World_Cup

I imagine this may have already been posted, but we participated once.

We have never even scored a goal.

We are ranked 112th. I don't think it would be fun to watch if we hosted.

New Caledonia (not even a country, with 250k people) is 118th.

The fun would come from watching all the other nations. It would be nice to see Canada in a World Cup, and qualifying as the host nation is the only way I could imagine Canada participating again. Though the real joy would have to come from watching the Brazilians, Argentinians, Spanish, Germans and other powerhouses. The World Cup is a really fun tournament to watch as a neutral. If Canada did really well (and let's face it: if we hosted the tourney Soccer Canada would have to improve a lot in order to not embarrass themselves too much) it would be a bonus.