Is 2022 Qatar World Cup the most expensive FIFA World Cup in history?
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It is difficult to estimate the precise cost of the upcoming FIFA World Cup for Qatar. Since the first World Cup was staged in 1930, it has already been established that this one will be the most expensive. It may potentially cost more than the last 21 combined, according to some estimates.
Numerous experts and analyses predict that the expenditures will exceed $200 billion (€199 billion) and perhaps even rise higher. To put that in perspective, the most expensive previous World Cups were the ones held in Brazil in 2014 and Russia in 2018, both of which came in under $15 billion.
Dan Plumley, a lecturer in sports finance at Sheffield Hallam University, claims that initial estimates put the cost of hosting the 2022 Olympics in Qatar at $65 billion when it was picked as the host country back in 2010. Sources claimed “Some recent estimates have said it could potentially top $200 billion. It will be the biggest in terms of cost on record to date,”. “Although we are yet to know by how much exactly.”
Qatar has the most costly World Cup tickets ever
Compared to those who attended the 2018 World Cup in Russia, football fans who watch World Cup games in Qatar would pay almost 40% more for match tickets, with final tickets costing an eye-watering 684 pounds ($812) on average, according to a survey.
According to a study by Keller Sports, while spectators in Russia paid an average of 214 pounds for a seat, tickets to games in Qatar cost an average of 286 pounds. According to a study by a sports retailer located in Munich, World Cup ticket prices in Qatar are the highest in the last 20 years, with those for the championship game being 59% more expensive than they were four years ago.
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Prior to the World Cup, which will be the first to be staged in the Middle East from November 20 to December 18, approximately three million tickets across the eight stadiums in Qatar had been sold, according to FIFA.
With an average price of 100 pounds for matches during the 2006 World Cup in Germany and an average price of 221 pounds per seat for the final at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, tickets for the tournament were thought to be the most reasonable in the previous 20 years.
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