Tại sao biết lỗ nặng nhưng các quốc gia vẫn đăng cai World Cup?

Download the "Sach Tinh Gon" (Concise Books) app to listen to over 2000 book summaries: https://www.sachtinhgon.com In 2014, Brazil spent over $15 billion to bring the World Cup back to the homeland of the Samba dance. A decade later, the Mané Garrincha Stadium, one of the most expensive football facilities in the capital Brasília, is being used as a public bus parking lot every day. Thousands of kilometers away, South Africa still has to spend money on annual maintenance to keep its massive stadiums from the 2010 World Cup from completely deteriorating. These images reveal the rarely mentioned dark side of what seems like a world of glory. If you look at the numbers alone, the World Cup is like a gamble where the host country usually loses. The majority of revenue from television rights, commercial sponsorships, and tickets goes to FIFA, the organization headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Meanwhile, the host nation bears the brunt of the bill for stadiums, roads, airports, and debts that could extend for years after the final whistle blows. But if this is truly a losing proposition from the start, why do Western powers and wealthy Gulf monarchies compete so fiercely to host the tournament? Are the heads of state and tycoons behind these multi-billion dollar gambles simply lacking foresight? Or is there another game behind the rolling ball, where money is only a small part of a larger equation of power, image, and status on the world map? That's the story we'll explore in today's video.