Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup Paperback - 2020
by Andrew Zimbalist
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Brazil hosted the 2016 men's World Cup at a cost of $15 billion to $20 billion, building large, new stadiums in a city that has little use for them anymore. The projected cost of Tokyo's 2021 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 bogus claim that cities chosen to host these high-profile sporting events experience an economic windfall. In this new edition he looks at future summer and winter Olympic games and discusses the recent Women's World Cup and upcoming men's tournament in Qatar.
Circus Maximus focuses on major cities--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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- Title Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup
- Author Andrew Zimbalist
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brookings Institution Press
- Date 2020-06-30
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780815738619 / 0815738617
- Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.58 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.47 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Olympics - Economic aspects, Hosting of sporting events - Economic aspects
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2020011396
- Dewey Decimal Code 796.48
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