About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of profit on the World Cup and New York basketball, highlighting issues related to tourism and local economies.

The World Cup is starting on June 11th with matches across the United States, Mexico and Canada. 104 matches will be played, with the majority in the 11 venues across the US. But as this week’s openers get closer, chaos is spreading around visas, travel and the question of whether fans are even going to bother coming to the United States. Host cities like Kansas City, MO are relying on revenue from an increase in tourism to boost their local economies, with the city estimating 650,000 visitor...

Topics covered

• World Cup
• basketball
• tourism
• local economy
• visa issues
• sports profit

Keywords

• World Cup
• Kansas City
• tourism
• basketball
• visa chaos
• local economy
• profit

Mentioned in this episode

Places: United States, Mexico, Canada, Kansas City, MO

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