Saudi Arabia set to host 2034 World Cup

[GKJ]

Hard to say this is unexpected.

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[robertmac43]

Likely another winter WC....

 

[Power Man]

Likely another winter WC....

Ugh

 

[cgf]

Hopefully attendance is awful.

 

[Power Man]

Hopefully attendance is awful.

Don't hold your breath lol

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Pathetic.

 

[Albatros]

Had Saudi Arabia hosted instead of Qatar that would have been palatable given their history of participation at least, but there's no good reason for that region to host this often.

 

[Power Man]

Pathetic.

Yeah ot a fan but countries that have committed genocides have hosted WC's but nobody bats an eye

 

[bluesfan94]

No one else has bid. Tells you more about the financial burden of hosting than anything tbh

 

[Jersey Fresh]

No one else has bid. Tells you more about the financial burden of hosting than anything tbh

Or the bribes.

 

[bossram]

No one else has bid. Tells you more about the financial burden of hosting than anything tbh

Or the bribes.

Both.

Hosting these kinds of events is a not an economic benefit for the host country.

But Saudi Arabia's explicit plan is to throw so much money at sports that people hopefully forget about everything else they've been involved in. They don't care about the cost and we know they'll bribe FIFA to get there.

 

[HajdukSplit]

So probably another winter World Cup, only slight benefit is the time zone difference compared to Australia but these bid processes for World Cups have been pathetic. Also dreading the quasi outrage from mostly the English media about boycotting these events when they cover a league where half or more of their clubs in the EPL are owned by UAE/Qatar/Saudi

 

[cgf]

Don't hold your breath lol

I can dream.

 

[GabeTravels]

I've been looking at traveling to Saudi Arabia for a couple years now. Almost pulled the trigger on a quick 2 day visit coming home from Doha last year.

I try and make it every WC so I'll likely go to this one too... But man it sucks. It wasn't unexpected after the 3 confederation host in 2030, but it's still gross. Would've much preferred Australia. Surprised China isn't "bidding" if I'm honest.

 

[Albatros]

Chinese soccer is doing bad in the current economic environment and the government doesn't want to host without a chance of success. Instead the strategy has been to invest in school sports and eventually build on that.

 

[maclean]

Or the bribes.

Yeah, hard to hold it against Australia recognising they couldn't outbribe SA

 

[Prntscrn]

Another WC I will not watch then. f*** FIFA

 

[robertmac43]

The more I think about this one, the more I'm annoyed.

 

[Savant]

No one else has bid. Tells you more about the financial burden of hosting than anything tbh

Honestly I don’t blame anyone else for bidding. Why waste the money when KSA had it in the bag? Don’t think the “financial burden of hosting” had a lot to do with it. Yes it exists, but I don’t think that’s what happened here

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

It's about money, it was always about money, it will always be about money. But let's be sure to clarify - it's about dirty money. It's corruption, not legitimate business.

 

[Evilo]

Yup always been corruption.
Just like in Germany 2006.

 

[S E P H]

Absolutely no corruption to see with that choice. No corruption whatsoever.

 

[S E P H]

I've been looking at traveling to Saudi Arabia for a couple years now. Almost pulled the trigger on a quick 2 day visit coming home from Doha last year.

I try and make it every WC so I'll likely go to this one too... But man it sucks. It wasn't unexpected after the 3 confederation host in 2030, but it's still gross. Would've much preferred Australia. Surprised China isn't "bidding" if I'm honest.

That seven-figure salary probably helps a lot, eh?

 

[GabeTravels]

That seven-figure salary probably helps a lot, eh?

Not even close, haha. I work for an airline though and get free flights. Goes a long, long way. And some of the prior ones I went to (Russia, France) I only saw one match.

I've also been fortunate over the past few years. Hotels can obviously be absurdly expensive, but I stayed 3 days in Russia for a total of $170 for accomodations, and 8 days in Doha for $850 thanks to booking as soon as things opened for sale.

 

[robertmac43]

I've also been fortunate over the past few years. Hotels can obviously be absurdly expensive, but I stayed 3 days in Russia for a total of $170 for accomodations, and 8 days in Doha for $850 thanks to booking as soon as things opened for sale.

That's the thing with these major tournaments, if you plan things out and get booking right away, you can save a lot of money in the long run.