Johnny Au
Senior Member
The 2014 FIFA World Cup is over. It generated major controversy in Brazil. If Canada were to host the FIFA World Cup, what can be done to prevent mass lootings?
Is it fair to compare Canada to a Third World country? The crime rate in Brazil is massive compared to Canada. The murder rate is 15 times higher than Canada. It's 5 times higher than the USA. It's 25 times higher than the UK.The 2014 FIFA World Cup is over. It generated major controversy in Brazil. If Canada were to host the FIFA World Cup, what can be done to prevent mass lootings?
From Reddit, not sure how reliable this is:
Wikipedia says B.C. Place in Vancouver only holds 21,000 for football, so I guess that's out.
That's just for MLS - the 2015 Womens World Cup final is being held there and it's capacity will be 55,000 for the game.
I think holding a successful Womens World Cup next year could put Canada in good stead for a bid - but I really don't think they have a chance hosting
True. There was the Stanley Cup riots in Vancouver, just because the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup.Is it fair to compare Canada to a Third World country? The crime rate in Brazil is massive compared to Canada. The murder rate is 15 times higher than Canada. It's 5 times higher than the USA. It's 25 times higher than the UK.
There's huge poverty in Brazil. This is a non-issue in Canada. Not that we'll ever see the World Cup in my lifetime ...
I refer to my comment from months ago, the atmosphere for a WC in Canada would be poor.
In what way do you think the atmosphere would be poor?
As for playing in "fugly" American football stadiums - FIFA don't seem to mind using them for all the venues at next years Women's World Cup (not to mention using the athletics stadium in Moncton as a venue)
I refer to my comment from months ago, the atmosphere for a WC in Canada would be poor.
It's not the stadiums or the facilities. It is the long distances between cities (yes I know Americuh has hosted in the past) and the footballing culture. Canada lacks it completely.
This is what happens in Argentina when they reached the finals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTJJQj9w9Ek
This would never happen in Canada. We don't care about soccer, we just don't.
saying those stadiums are ok for the WWC so they should be fine for the WC is not right.
Why would these stadiums (Moncton excluded) not be suitable to host WC games? Don't they meet the capacity requirements to be able to host?
Currently, there aren't enough big stadiums in this country to host an event the size of the FIFA World Cup.