FIFA Could Be A Nightmare For Host Cities

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The city of Toronto, Canada, is hosting six World Cup games, but residents there and elsewhere are set to face the costs of hosting the events.

To many, it has already proven to be more of an inconvenience than an experience. Toronto has reportedly projected gross expenditures to the tune of $380 million to host the games. It has also hyped up local businesses by funding business associations’ events and promoting foot traffic. While Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told LA Public Press that “[t]axpayers will not be on the hook” for hosting the World Cup, the outlet reported that taxpayers remain in the dark about what the city has invesed to host eight matches this year. Contracts from Houston and Dallas, Texas, Seattle, Washington and other cities reportedly showed that nearly all costs for putting the tournament together fell upon the host cities, the Houston Chronicle reported.

For many, the benefits are yet to be seen, but the setbacks have already been felt.

Liberty Village is steps away from all the action in Toronto, but as the city braces to host fans from across the globe, local residents aren’t sure how they’re going to get in and out of their homes. The single-lane roadways in Liberty Village have always been a traffic nightmare, making it impossible to imagine how........

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