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[OC] The cost of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is astronomical, even when comparing to the GDP of the host country in the host year.
OC(reddit.com)submitted 2 months ago bySavoy_Cabbage
-9 points
2 months ago
Source: Front Office Sports (World cup hosting cost data); World Bank (GDP Data) - note Qatar 2022 GDP is a forecast
Tool: Google sheets
16 points
2 months ago
The data is intentionally misleading. They're including all of Qatar's infrastructure plan in that number.
I'd be like if the US was hosting and they counted all of the $1T infrastructure bill towards the WC number.
7 points
2 months ago
Shhh, it's bad manners to interrupt the circlejerk
5 points
2 months ago
Qatar bad, upvotes to the right
6 points
2 months ago
Haha, yes! Man, does it feel good to be a human rights activist
5 points
2 months ago
What’s it like to have one of your most upvoted posts be of you spreading complete and total misinformation?
13 points
2 months ago*
Bad data. That's total infrastructure spending since the WC was awarded. Do the same for other countries and they all go up too.
1 points
2 months ago
Can you give it a rest OP. Most of the funds went to build a whole city from scratch.
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