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2022 World Cup Preparation Is Costing Qatar $500 Million a Week
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Magic Mushroom
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Yeah. Fuck this WC. And I say that as a football junkie.
Skellig Gra
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No of course not
Frozenprince
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Wonder how many people have already died building this shit.
Ninja Scooter
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I think the issue is that with Qatar being such a small nation joe much of that infrastructure is realistically going to be put to use after the World Cup? Waste is a big issue for these World Cup/Olympic hosting nations.
yellow submarine
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All that money, and none of it spent on the actual workers/slaves building it or their safety/comfort/compensation. Sad.
Psychotext
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LMAO, what could possibly go wrong?
Roland_Gunner
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A NFL quality stadium can be built for $1B a piece. I don't know how much a hospital costs but probably something similar. Add of that up and you still don't get close to $200B.
I would say a better reason for the US would be it's not illegal to be gay, but come 2022 who knows with little donnie and shit dive this country is taking.
Frozenprince
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Many of those roads, rail lines, and hospitals are to areas where once the world cup is over and the millions of fans leave, there isn't going to be enough of a population in those areas to justify such inordinate spending. Not to mention that none of it will benefit the lower classes withing Qatar.
They are building hospitals and motorways to cope with the world cup and factoring that in with associated cost.
What happens to it post WC?
Answer: Rot. It rots.
Um, that's exactly what this is.
Frozenprince
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A lot of this is being built in areas that are barely even inhabited.
Not per se, there is this big 2030 plan where Qatar wants to be the world leader in certain things (like physical therapy for sports). They want to make this a medical hub in this region.
There is loads of stuff being buit. A huge subway system (should be done way before the WC) for example. Remember, Doha is a city of 1.5 million people with hardly any public transport.
The stadiums are very excessive and probably will be wasted afterwards. The other infrastructure is good tho, and not just for the WC.
chromatic9
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All that money so people can kick a bag of wind about.
Seriously, it is bizarre how small and low in population the country is to be building all these stadiums and infrastructure around them. I don't see how they can support it all after the world cup is over. They can afford to take them down again though. Just seems an obscene amount of outlay and manufacturing pollution waste just to have the privilege to host a world cup.
Seriously, it is bizarre how small and low in population the country is to be building all these stadiums and infrastructure around them. I don't see how they can support it all after the world cup is over. They can afford to take them down again though. Just seems an obscene amount of outlay and manufacturing pollution waste just to have the privilege to host a world cup.
JinjoUnchained
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ElBoxyBrown
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All that is gonna be gone once the World Cup is over. Qatar won't be able to support them.
Truman Show....
Trojita
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Maybe they will be the first to build a super dome. Everything now air conditioned.
Ninja Scooter
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Unneccesary infrastructure is as much of a waste. Waste is waste.
If Doha is a city of 1.5 million people and hardly has any public transport, I'm cycnical enough to have seen enough post World Cup and Olympic countries to say - if they didn't have it before, they fundamentally won't get used in the correct way you're proposing now
I hope I'm wrong, I really am
Well, they want really impressive stadiums, and they have air conditionning and other special installations. Also they "need" to build subways, etc., even islands sometime.
When you have ~3000 licencees (ten time less than the Fidji, for example) and ~2k-10k spectators coming to matches, I'm not sure it's better.
GoldenEye 007
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Numbers still come nowhere close to adding up.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Are they still moving the World Cup to Winter because it's too hot in the Summer?
Yes. Mid november to mid december.
Bruce Springsteen
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I'd hope so unless they expect to play in 100+F weather
It will be used by the foreign workers (asians) so there's that. I doubt the Qataris and western expats will stop using their SUVs.
The stadia will rust, that's for sure. Or aren't they supposed to ship them to Africa?
Systolique
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Meanwhile with the ban the US wouldn't be able to accept every potential team from competing in the world cup
ElBoxyBrown
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That would be one hell of a protest if every FIFA team decides not to show up.
Vulcano's assistant
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hopefully this clown wouldn't have been in power by then though.
Knuckle Sandwich
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So many lives and cash wasted on a meaningless game. :-(
timetokill
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I doubt I'll be watching this World Cup. I'd feel guilty every minute of it.
chromatic9
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Since the US had it in 1994, it's usually a longer time before you host again. Probably could argue sooner than later though if spreading the game is the goal.
Qatar is a really fascinating country.
Only has 300,000ish citizens and the vast majority of people that live their are foreign workers (who are abused to shit). It's run by a royal family system that has had issues due to how relatively small it is and the necessity of royals marrying/procreating with other royals. They have air conditioning EVERYWHERE and also have a top 3 highest per capita GDP in the world. They're super tiny (4,400 square miles, roughly size of Rhode Island) but hit the absolute jackpot on being on top of oil reserves (#3 in the world).
They recently made a bid to win the 2015 world cup of handball (hosted it as well) and were able to pay foreign ex-pros to become citizens for the sole purpose of the tournament, they came in second, losing to France. They focus A LOT on sports and part of their bid for the world cup is to establish themselves as a middle eastern mecca for sports.
I read a great long form article about the country a few years ago, tried googling for it but wasn't successful, really interesting place.
Only has 300,000ish citizens and the vast majority of people that live their are foreign workers (who are abused to shit). It's run by a royal family system that has had issues due to how relatively small it is and the necessity of royals marrying/procreating with other royals. They have air conditioning EVERYWHERE and also have a top 3 highest per capita GDP in the world. They're super tiny (4,400 square miles, roughly size of Rhode Island) but hit the absolute jackpot on being on top of oil reserves (#3 in the world).
They recently made a bid to win the 2015 world cup of handball (hosted it as well) and were able to pay foreign ex-pros to become citizens for the sole purpose of the tournament, they came in second, losing to France. They focus A LOT on sports and part of their bid for the world cup is to establish themselves as a middle eastern mecca for sports.
I read a great long form article about the country a few years ago, tried googling for it but wasn't successful, really interesting place.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
So that means all the European leagues are just fucked that year?
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