Olympics: Will Doha Get the Gold?
Newsweek Magazine; The cities' wealth may actually work against them.
Olympics: Will Doha Get the Gold? (Newsweek, 10/16/06 issue): The cities' wealth may actually work against them.
Qatar and the U.A.E. have tiny permanent populations, opting to bring in workers from nearby countries. "They import everything there, and that might have to include spectators," says Ed Hula, editor of Around the Rings, an Olympics news-letter that is the go-to source for host-city speculation.
Summer Games typically need to sell 4 million to 9 million ticketsand Qatar's population is less than 900,000.
Written By: Peter
Date Posted: 2/7/2007
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