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Lots of mithering on Twitter today about how England
aren't hosting the 2018 World Cup and Russia are. Well, let's think about
this. We're in a big financial crisis where people don't have any money.
Some might say that that's more important than splurging an infinite amount
of cash on the World Cup. But that's a miserable and football-hating point of
view, and I like football. So let's think about it a different way.
How much does it cost to host the World Cup? According
to the Telegraph and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, "it would cost u00a35.3 billion to
stage the World Cup but bring a net economic benefit of u00a33.2 billion." So
it'll cost u00a32.1 billion. That's u00a32,100,000,000. A phenomenal amount of
money. But people want the world cup; what can you do?
So that u00a32.1 billion will buy a three week stay in Moscow with tickets to
watch five matches for over a million people. Let's say the government
only bought the tickets for half a million people, and spent that
left-over billion quid on making schools better. That's still five hundred
thousand residents of Britain who get to see the World Cup.3
Good luck getting that many into Old Trafford.
Gotta be able to get this rate, surely, if you buy this many
tickets. If not, HMG need to boot their price negotiators in the arse, since
I got Travelodge rooms for u00a319/night earlier this year ^
According to Skyscanner I can fly return from LHR to Moscow for
u00a3219. At that rate I might go there on holiday. ^
Free benefit: everyone who cares about the World Cup will be
in Russia and I won't have to be annoyed by flags on every fucking car on the
motorway. ^
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