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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by lordnacho on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @12:45PM (#9612611)
Exactly. The World Cup being what it is could be played in a public park, and people would still skip their kid's birth to watch it.

And yet FIFA insists on a bunch of expensive stadiums each time.

Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by zimpenfish on Thursday May 28, 2015 @09:05AM (#9617816)
One assumes the stadiums must meet a variety of criteria for power supply, cabling, vehicular access, camera gantries, internet connectivity, commentary positions, etc.

Probably easier to build new ones than adapt old (cf the demolition and reconstruction of Wembley to fix these and other issues.)

Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by tdkl on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @02:01PM (#9613174)
> And yet FIFA insists on a bunch of expensive stadiums each time.

Of course, they can easily demand mad money for entry tickets this way.