The Texas Mega-Event Machine: Who Really Pays?
About this episode
The episode discusses the financial implications of Texas hosting mega-events like the World Cup and questions whether it is a public investment or a public shakedown.
Houston is spending half a billion dollars to look good for the World Cup and Arlington invested millions. Texas loves hosting the world, but is the mega-event economy a public investment or a public shakedown?
Topics covered
- mega-events
- public investment
- economy
- World Cup
- Texas politics
Keywords
- Texas
- World Cup
- mega-events
- public investment
- economy
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Texas, Houston, Arlington
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