Wudi@feddit.uk to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoNew Yorkers to World Cup Fans: Please Don’t Walk to Metlife Stadiumwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down12
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minus-squareAnnoyed_🦀 @lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 days agoThis is crazy. Isn’t the point of having FIFA in your city is to increase tourism and tax revenue? Now they want the increased tourist and tax but doesn’t want the extra burden?
minus-squareLichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 days agoThat’s what some people claim. If I remember correctly, it was determined that these large scale prestigious events are a net negative.
minus-squareLichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoJust a few posts down my lemmy stream: https://literature.cafe/post/31346850
minus-squareCevilia (they/she/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoWhen’s the last time you heard of someone saving up for a holiday in Lillehammer?
This is crazy. Isn’t the point of having FIFA in your city is to increase tourism and tax revenue? Now they want the increased tourist and tax but doesn’t want the extra burden?
That’s what some people claim. If I remember correctly, it was determined that these large scale prestigious events are a net negative.
Just a few posts down my lemmy stream:
https://literature.cafe/post/31346850
When’s the last time you heard of someone saving up for a holiday in Lillehammer?