LEADER 02667nam 2200589 450 001 9910828352903321 005 20230807212402.0 010 $a0-8157-2652-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000332504 035 $a(EBL)1887381 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001404628 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11755838 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001404628 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11387044 035 $a(PQKB)11631362 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1887381 035 $a(OCoLC)899739169 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42488 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1887381 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11003313 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL688907 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000332504 100 $a20150120h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCircus maximus $ethe economic gamble behind hosting the Olympics and the World Cup /$fAndrew Zimbalist 210 1$aWashington, District of Columbia :$cBrookings Institution Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (194 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8157-2651-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 Cover 330 $aThe 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 606 $aHosting of sporting events$xEconomic aspects 606 $aOlympics$xEconomic aspects 606 $aSoccer$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aHosting of sporting events$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aOlympics$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aSoccer$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a796.48 700 $aZimbalist$b Andrew S.$0265413 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828352903321 996 $aCircus maximus$93962293 997 $aUNINA