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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by allendoerfer on Saturday August 15, 2015 @03:40PM (#10066550)
For most European countries this is not a problem. Each club which plays in its countries top division already has a big enough dedicated football stadium.

It becomes a problem when you let FIFA bribe BRIC or even third world country politicians (or vice versa). Then you get stadiums located in deserts or rainforests without a club nearby that is even remotely capable of filling it on a weekly basis.

I like what the UEFA (Europe's FIFA) is doing here: Bigger countries get to host the European Championship on their own, smaller countries share it, lately Poland + Ukraine and Switzerland + Austria. From 2020 on the Cup will not take place in a single country anymore, instead cities will apply on their own, which is of course impractical for the World Cup or even continental cups on bigger continents.

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by rospaya on Saturday August 15, 2015 @04:09PM (#10066651)
> For most European countries this is not a problem. Each club which plays in its countries top division already has a big enough dedicated football stadium.

Most in this case is maybe 5-6. Even in rich football countries like Germany, not every 1st tier club has a 40k+ stadium.

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by allendoerfer on Saturday August 15, 2015 @04:14PM (#10066669)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_G...

Edit: Sorry, I read your comment to quickly, thought you were saying, that there are only 5-6 stadiums that big in Germany.

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Re:We should host the Olympics in the same place every time by taejo on Saturday August 15, 2015 @07:38PM (#10067381)
FIFA takes the bribes, it doesn't give them (well, probably that too, but they aren't begging and bribing South Africa and Qatar to take the games)
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