Showing posts with label FIFA World Cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FIFA World Cup. Show all posts

Friday, October 09, 2009

Winning the World Cup Football 2018 Bid to Boost up England Economy by £3.2 billion

England is ready make a serious bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Andy Anson, chairman of the bid, has revealed that winning the hosting right of the world cup means a £3.2 billion economic gain for the country. It has been estimated that around £5 billion pounds will be spend during the world cup, and thus, England economy will be boost up.


At a football conference organized at Stamford Bridge stadium, home ground of Chelsea, Mr. Anson also revealed that a final financial study on the benefits of England staging the world cup would come out next year and that would surely foresee a larger benefit.


Well, there is no doubt, England economy will get a serious boost, if England really wins the bid. FIFA will decide the winner of the bid in December 2010. A number of countries are getting prepared for the bid.


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