Circus maximus : the economic gamble behind hosting the Olympics and the World Cup / Andrew Zimbalist.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimbalist, Andrew S., author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World Cup (Soccer)--Economic aspects.

World Cup (Soccer).

Hosting of sporting events--Economic aspects.

Hosting of sporting events.

Olympics--Economic aspects.

Olympics.

Soccer--Economic aspects.

Soccer.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The numbers are staggering: China spent 40 billion to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and Russia spent 50 billion for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Brazil's total expenditures are thought to have been as much as 20 billion for the World Cup this summer and Qatar, which will be the site of the 2022 World Cup, is estimating that it will spend 200 billion.How did we get here? And is it worth it? Those are among the questions noted sports economist Andrew Zimbalist answers in Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup. Both the Olympics and the

Contents:

Front Cover; Inside Flap; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Preface; What's Wrong with the Olympics and the World Cup?; Setting the Stage; The Short-Run Economic Impact; The Long-Run Economic Impact; Barcelona and Sochi; Rio-Brazil and London; Bread or Circuses?; Notes; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-163) and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 16, 2015).

ISBN:

0-8157-5169-9

0-8157-2652-X

OCLC:

899739169