Change the Venues for 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics Due to US Human Rights Concerns

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
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    1 hour ago

    They won’t. But I wish they would, as far as I’ve seen from my local LA government, they’re also really poorly prepared. The plan, for instance, is to hold events across several major LA venues (and not build any new ones) but since our public transit is complete trash, it’s going to be a logistics nightmare.

    Basically us locals are going to straght up have to go full quarantine mode since the traffic is going to be so bad. And it’s a shame, last time I heard at LAEDCs forecast, they really need the revenue.

    • andyburke@fedia.io
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      39 minutes ago

      Yep. I am not sure why we are hosting when we know it ends up costing a city more than it generates and we have budget shortfalls already.

      To be frank, I would like to see us just say “sorry, you know what? now isn’t a great time for us after all.”

      Feels like it would be best for everyone.

      • Vegasvator@lemmy.today
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        16 minutes ago

        Last time LA had the Olympics it generated a profit. Even if it loses money LA has extracted a lot of federal money under Biden for the betterment of the city.