Abstract
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.
Schlagworte
Olympic Committee Olympic Games Summer Olympics Tokyo Olympics Sochi Olympics Rio Oympics Rio de Janeiro Winter Olympics Circus Maximus IOC Andrew Zimbalist International Olympic Committee E Economic Gamble Barcelona Olympics 2020 Olympics London Olympics- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- 99–129 Rio-Brazil and London 99–129
- 130–150 Bread or Circuses? 130–150
- 151–182 Postscript 151–182
- 183–218 Notes 183–218
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- „... Summer Olympics, and Brazil, of course, also hosted the World Cup just two years before Rio hosted the ...” „... Olympics. The contrasts between the Rio- Brazil and London experiences are manifested along several ...” „... hosted the 2014 World Cup and Rio de Janeiro hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics. In theory, there should ...”
- „... 11What’s Wrong with the Olympics and the World Cup?No city wanted to host the 1984 Olympic Games ...” „... Olympics back then, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was desperate to find a venue. With no ...” „... 9:54 AM2 CIRCUS MAXIMUS1932 Olympics.1 This favorable deal, together with some clever and aggressive ...”