thePodcast: One of the world's top sports economists gives NDP the yellow card for FIFA spending frenzy

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May 05 2024 | 00:33:34

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Show Notes

For the week of May 5, 2024: The B.C. NDP government finally revealed that taxpayers could be paying $581 million to host seven FIFA World Cup 26 matches at B.C. Place Stadium. The cost has more than doubled due to inflation and FIFA’s requirements to renovate B.C. Place Stadium. Tourism and Sport Minister Lana Popham estimated a $1 billion tourism revenue windfall over the five years following the tournament. But one of the world’s top sports economists says that’s wishful thinking. Victor Matheson, a professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., is Bob Mackin’s guest on […]

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