| Comment | They did a little piece on it on bbc radio months ago where they said
A. Host cities are always glad to see the back of it. It costs quite a bit to stage, locks out hotels well before and during, and duffs up infrastructure for a while. It’s not just the weekend of the final, by a long shot.
B. Due to A) the expectation was it’d be the city the Tories give the least shit about, and look what’s left. As they concluded (ages ago), it’ll probably be Glasgow because SNP would love the optics of a pro-Europe Scotland, however minor and facetious. It’s a lot of eyes. There’s not really a huge benefit to the host otherwise - especially given COP26 tourism wasn’t half what everyone expected. |
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