Olympic games and FIFA world cup is a Waste of Money
countries have to make stadiums after every 4 years
and it would be better if there were permanent stadiums for all the international games
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Except that many major international sports events such as these tend to displace the people who lived there to begin with, often without any substantive resettlement program. Certainly, there are some people being employed in the construction of these behemoth arenas but if the same amount of money were directed into projects that would actually benefit local residents those jobs would still be created without the detriment to the affected communities. Of course, good luck actually raising equivalent funds for such projects; people prefer their sports to confronting problems. Side: yes
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Its a fair point. I personally have very little knowledge regarding gentrification policies, so its hard for me to really respond. I lived briefly in a gentrified neighborhood in Chicago, and it seemed beneficial for that neighborhood from what I could gather from long term residents. But surrounding neighborhoods...not so sure about what they had to go through. Chicago DOES have a significant homeless population. Side: yes
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