Cities should not pay for new stadiums

Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by toyg on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @08:49AM (#30684586)

Rugby has minuscule participation rates outside of Britain, Ireland, and France. Which is why Italy can continue to take part in the 6 Nations despite being abysmal: because there is nobody else.

Even in England, by participation rates it edges rugby, because it's the second sport in populous inner cities.

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by arethuza on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @09:38AM (#30685083)

I believe our friends in New Zealand are quite good at it too... ;-)

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by toyg on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @11:15AM (#30686344)

The fact they insist on living in the other hemisphere kinda stops them from applying for the 6 Nations though ;)

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Re:Cities should not pay for new stadiums by beaconstudios on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @08:58AM (#30684667)

Do you have a source for that? I've just looked into it and while the data is sparse and the list after #1 Football varies in order, basketball doesn't make an appearance at all in the articles I've seen.

It does appear that basketball is very popular outside western Europe though, so I learned something today! It makes sense, I do enjoy basketball myself and think that a lot of sports in Europe persist on the weight of tradition moreso than their fun factor.

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