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Circus Maximus - Paperback Book - The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup - by Andrew Zimbalist - 9780815738619 - Rowman & Littlefield
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Cover TypeSoft Cover
AuthorAndrew Zimbalist
ISBN/ISSN9780815738619
Year2020
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRowman & Littlefield
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Dimensions: 22.8cm x 15.1cm x 1.9cm - Beyond the headlines of the world's most beloved sporting events
Brazil hosted the 2016 men's World Cup at a cost of $15 billion to $20 billion, building large, new stadiums in cities that have little use for them anymore. The projected cost of Tokyo's 2020 Summer Olympic Games is estimated to be as high as $30 billion, much of it coming from the public trough. In the updated and expanded edition of his bestselling book, Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup, Andrew Zimbalist tackles the claim that cities chosen to host these high-profile sporting events experience an economic windfall. In this new edition he looks at upcoming summer and winter Olympic games, discusses the recent Women's World Cup, and the upcoming men's tournament in Qatar.
Circus Maximus focuses on major cities, like London, Rio, and Barcelona, that have previously hosted these sporting events, to provide context for future host cities that will bear the weight of exploding expenses, corruption, and protests. Zimbalist offers a sobering and candid look at the Olympics and the World Cup from outside the echo chamber.
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