The start of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the most expensive and highest in revenue since 1930

Doha, November 20, 2022 (LANA) – The 2022 World Cup kicked off this evening, Tuesday, in the capital, Doha.
12 years after Qatar, an Arab country with a population of 2.8 million people, won the lottery to host the World Cup, a tournament in which Qatar invested over these 12 years that preceded its launch more than $220 billion in its infrastructure, including roads, airports, and railways. Railways, hotels and eight international football stadiums enable the country to receive two million visitors from all countries of the world to witness the international football event that has never been seen since the start of the first World Cup in 1930, which was held in July in Uruguay.
Data collected by the “Statista” organization showed that this year’s World Cup in Qatar is the most expensive ever and by a stark difference, as the total cost of the astronomical tournament will reach about $220 billion, which exceeds almost all of the historical costs of the tournament. In contrast, the costs of the World Cup appear 2006 in Germany, for example, was very small as it did not exceed $4.3 billion, and some expected that the cost might equal what was spent on twenty-one previous tournaments combined, as the World Cup in Brazil in 2014 was considered the most expensive, while the World Cup in Russia in 2018 ranked second. The two tournaments together cost less than $15 billion.
The CEO of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Nasser Al Khater, confirmed that the economic returns of the World Cup to the State of Qatar will exceed $17 billion, which represents more than double the expenses. (And)

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