This is embarrassing.
This is from a tweet from the Secretary General of FIFA, Jerome Valcke, May 28th (yesterday):
This is from a tweet from the Secretary General of FIFA, Jerome Valcke, May 28th (yesterday):
Some World Cup Stadiums Still Aren't Done!
- Thread starter NYCFCFan10
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Working in construction, though not to this scale, I can tell you it's no surprise. Contractors are given a completion date and they will make that deadline, but not a day earlier. Normally, at least here in the US, every day over your end-date you'd be charged a penalty by the owner. I can imagine the stakes are high for a project like the World Cup.This is embarrassing.
This is from a tweet from the Secretary General of FIFA, Jerome Valcke, May 28th (yesterday):
3rd world country? Brazil has the 8th highest GDP in the world.
http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Economy/GDP
And China has the 2nd highest GDP in the world.
But it's about standard of living. There are people starving in the streets - and they're building rickety stadiums to host international events.
These events should be held in North America, Europe and APAC only.
Another complaint. I refused to go to this World Cup. Didn't feel safe with the high level of crime and crumbling infrastructure. Don't have that concern so much with Russia. Don't know about Qatar yet.
Point being - they shouldn't pick a nation where someone who wants to spend a lot of money (because these events are completely overpriced) can't because they don't feel safe. It's silly.
Point being - they shouldn't pick a nation where someone who wants to spend a lot of money (because these events are completely overpriced) can't because they don't feel safe. It's silly.
Doesn't "communist and glorified communist" cover most of the world? Heck, most of Europe have socialist governments...
The rule ought to be that if you have to build all of the facilities from scratch to host the event, you shouldn't be hosting. Brazil is spending all this money to build stadiums that will never be filled again when the US could easily slot every match into any one of the 30 NFL stadiums or one of the many college football stadiums.
I bet Russia is a hell of a lot more dangerous than Qatar....unless you have disparaging remarks you must make about Islam....
