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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by lordnacho on Saturday August 15, 2015 @02:45PM (#10066364)
The WC is a waste as well. It's even more egregious actually, because there are more than enough existing stadiums to play the world's most popular sport. Yet FIFA still insists on new stadiums being built for just a few matches.
Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by philwelch on Saturday August 15, 2015 @04:11PM (#10066657)
FIFA doesn't insist on building new stadiums so much as they award bids to countries that don't already have sufficient stadium capacity. Brazil and Qatar need/needed to construct stadiums, and so does Russia probably, but had they accepted the England and USA bids for 2018 and 2022, respectively, no stadium construction would have been required (at most, perhaps some renovation). In fact, either country could host a World Cup with only a few months' notice.
Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by jsprogrammer on Saturday August 15, 2015 @04:07PM (#10066647)
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