selemempe:
the link you sent to me clearly showed that about 3.2 billion people watched the world cup worldwide while 3.5 billion watched the Olympics.

But let's even forget about the link. Common sense would tell you that simply because there are more sports played in Olympics, there would be more audience. People in India would want to watch Olympics more because they have never been to any recent world cup...that's a potential 1.4 billion audiences more for Olympics

Dalil8:
Beautiful.

But qatar is really hot. Wonder how the players would cope with that.

Qatar 2022. I'll be there live and direct.

Aflix:
Whoa....3bn dollars. That's a lot. Hopefully, they make it back during the world cup.

PAWG:


Are your assumptions based on antecedents in Qatar or just wild guessing?

Hosting the World Cup isn’t entirely profit-driven just like having a national team and paying the players, the gains are deeper than short-term financial gains.

Qatar even without hosting the World Cup is a major tourist destination, you’ll be surprised that the stadiums and hotels would sell out long after the games are over. Wait till after the event before you judge.

I think FIFA also supports host nations monetarily but in all I believe they’ll be better for it

obembet:


And somebody that need money than all of us will still embezzle it

harjay1986:


what do you mean I will throw you bottle .... I hate when people underrate my country... that project will cost my darling Nigeria, $9billion yet we no go complete am

Soso990240:
FIFA supports every country hosting the World Cup financially.

WriterNig:


Yes because it's a combination of every sport on earth including football, so what do you expect? But the World Cup is just one sport and it's more anticipated and prepared for. Look at qatar building new cities, shopping malls, airports, train stations just because of one event. They even installed cooling systems throughout the host cities.

Don't compare both please. Remove football from the Olympics and you'll have roughly just 1.2 billion viewers.

Michaelfen:
Nigeria will use $12billion to construct this same stadium yet they wont complete it��‍♂️��‍♂️

WriterNig:


Sure they will, the 2022 FIFA World Cup would generate as much as $10 billion in revenue for Qatar, with more than 4 billion viewers worldwide. They built new cities, malls, stadiums, rail stations, airports because of the world cup.

They've been preparing for it since 2010. It's a big honor for a country to be chosen to host the world cup. It's the largest event in history.

selemempe:
I actually live in Qatar and I'm in Qatar currently as I type this. Qatar isn't building just for the world cup. They have a vision 2030 which is basically about transforming Qatar into an international city.
They hope to host many events in the coming years and decades.
Currently they have won the rights to host Asian games in 2030. They host many grand Prix events. They host tennis opens, and they hope to host the Olympics.

Back to our initial argument. You have just echoed what I said earlier. Olympics is the biggest event on earth and the reason is obvious

WriterNig:


I know about Qatar's 2030 plans, that's a different scenario entirely. But the ongoing project which includes stadium's, airports, new cities, rail stations are specifically for the world cup. And it began in 2010, the moment they won the rights to host the 2022 world cup.

Dalil8:


No stadium in Nigeria cost more than $500m.

Dalil8:
Beautiful.

But qatar is really hot. Wonder how the players would cope with that.

Qatar 2022. I'll be there live and direct.

lkillbrokehoes:
Hey chinansa

zabuur:
Now, what i was hoping to read if where some anti Islam fanatics would come here and start calling Muslims names. Abusing Allah and Prophet.

Sure, they won't. They will be looking forward to going for the tournament and a lot of them won't let Dubai rest despite the fact that these nations are predominantly Muslims

Dalil8:


No stadium in Nigeria cost more than $500m.

Tcwork:

What I wrote is based on precedence. Brazil is a much bigger tourist location than Qatar yet the world cup in Brazil was a financial loss.
London is one of the most visited city's yet the London Olympics also cost more than the revenue.
After the even, the host is left with ghost cities. Are you implying that Qatar is doing something different than these other places?
Let's not forget Sochi Olympics that cost the Russians over $30 billion. Today, Sochi is a ghost town.
And finally, our own all African games in Abuja.
The beloved Abuja stadium has barely been used since then.

WriterNig:


Sure they will, the 2022 FIFA World Cup would generate as much as $10 billion in revenue for Qatar, with more than 4 billion viewers worldwide. They built new cities, malls, stadiums, rail stations, airports because of the world cup.

They've been preparing for it since 2010. It's a big honor for a country to be chosen to host the world cup. It's the largest event in history.

Aflix:
Whoa....3bn dollars. That's a lot. Hopefully, they make it back during the world cup.

PAWG:


Your points are carefully laid out and believable, are you a politician



In 2018 Brazil got about 6.5million visitors, Qatar got 15m in same period.

Asides that, I think the benefits go beyond monetary benefits

Tcwork:
I have never really been a good politician..
Yeah you could argue for other benefits but definitely not money.
Again brazil has more tourist than qatar
approximately 2.1 million
Number of tourists to Qatar 2008-2019. This statistic represents the number of overnight tourists to Qatar from 2008 to 2019. According to the UN World Tourism Organization, the overnight tourist arrival to the country in the year 2019 accounted to approximately 2.1 million.Oct 2, 2020
https://www.statista.com › statistics
• Qatar: number of total tourists 2019 | Statista
6.589 million visitors
Tourism in Brazil is a growing sector and key to the economy of several regions of Brazil. The country had 6.589 million visitors in 2018, ranking in terms of the international tourist arrivals as the second main destination in South America after Argentina and third in Latin America after Mexico and Argentina.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki
Tourism in Brazil - Wikipedia

lkillbrokehoes:
Hey chinansa

Netanya:
You again , oh noooooo

Where have you been chinansa I've been looking for you.

9jaRealist:


It was NOT...
The contract sum of $360m was REASONABLE for a stadium of its size and specifications.

Furthermore, unlike these sorts of stadiums, the Abuja National Stadium was NOT just a football stadium...
Rather, it had other facilities like the velodrome, indoor sports hall, Olympic-size swimming complex, hockey stadium, tennis complex, etc.

The ONLY problem with the Abuja Stadium has been MAINTENANCE (or a lack thereof) - that age-old Nigerian shortcoming.
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PAWG:



Brazil can’t possibly beat this (screenshot from Wikipedia)


The figure in 2020 plummeted because of corona

The last column is visitor’s spending $21b in 2018