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Will the cost of hosting the FIFA World Cup pay off for Toronto?
City Space
English - April 16, 2024 09:00 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsNews Society & Culture accessibility cities city planning climate change future cities green space housing policy the globe and mail transit Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The men’s 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to Canada. Out of 106 games, Toronto will host just six. The city is facing a bill of $380 million or more for things like security and a stadium expansion. Huge sporting events like this are sold as being good for the hosts, boosting tourism and local business while also leaving a legacy of better transit. So does hosting a successful sporting event mean accelerated city building? What kind of legacy makes hosting worthwhile? We’re asking what Toronto has got itself into, by telling the story of two pivotal Olympic Games hosted in Canada, so that we can see what was good, what was bad and what was a boondoggle.