02667nam 2200589 450 991078739570332120230807212402.00-8157-2652-X(CKB)3710000000332504(EBL)1887381(SSID)ssj0001404628(PQKBManifestationID)11755838(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001404628(PQKBWorkID)11387044(PQKB)11631362(MiAaPQ)EBC1887381(OCoLC)899739169(MdBmJHUP)muse42488(Au-PeEL)EBL1887381(CaPaEBR)ebr11003313(CaONFJC)MIL688907(EXLCZ)99371000000033250420150120h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCircus maximus the economic gamble behind hosting the Olympics and the World Cup /Andrew ZimbalistWashington, District of Columbia :Brookings Institution Press,2015.©20151 online resource (194 p.)Includes index.0-8157-2651-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Inside Flap; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Preface; What's Wrong with the Olympics and the World Cup?; Setting the Stage; The Short-Run Economic Impact; The Long-Run Economic Impact; Barcelona and Sochi; Rio-Brazil and London; Bread or Circuses?; Notes; Index; Back CoverThe numbers are staggering: China spent 40 billion to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and Russia spent 50 billion for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Brazil's total expenditures are thought to have been as much as 20 billion for the World Cup this summer and Qatar, which will be the site of the 2022 World Cup, is estimating that it will spend 200 billion.How did we get here? And is it worth it? Those are among the questions noted sports economist Andrew Zimbalist answers in Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup. Both the Olympics and the Hosting of sporting eventsEconomic aspectsOlympicsEconomic aspectsSoccerEconomic aspectsHosting of sporting eventsEconomic aspects.OlympicsEconomic aspects.SoccerEconomic aspects.796.48Zimbalist Andrew S.265413MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787395703321Circus maximus3823375UNINA