Like Brazil, South Africa built and upgraded several stadiums (10 in its case, compared to Brazil’s 12). And, as in Brazil, several were located in cities with no major professional teams to take them on after the Cup.
南非体育记者尼尔o柯林斯( Neal Collins)表示,“南非为世界杯所修建的大型场馆如今基本上已变成了名副其实的白象(昂贵的摆设)。”
“The great South African stadiums built for the World Cup are largely white elephants now, appropriate given the setting,” says Neal Collins, a sports journalist in South Africa.
夸祖鲁纳塔尔大学(University of KwaZulu-Natal)南非建成环境与开发研究学院教授帕特里克o邦德(Patrick Bond)预计,南非在场馆建设方面花费了25亿美元,因为这些场馆使用率不高,而且每年的维修和运营补贴需要约1800-2400万美元。为了解决“白象”问题,南非的一个工会建议将一个不赚钱的体育馆改为低收入人群住宅。在巴西城市玛瑙斯,一位法官建议在世界杯之后将当地的一座体院馆改成监狱。
Patrick Bond, a professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s School of Built Environment and Development Studies in South Africa, estimates that the country spent about $2.5 billion on stadiums that, because they are underused, require some $18-24 million in annual maintenance and operation subsidies.
然而,举办世界杯的好处还是显而易见的。最近,在一篇名为《公共集资的私人收益》的研究中,密歇根大学(University of Michigan)的体育管理教授史蒂芬o斯茨曼斯基( Stefan Szymanski)和联席作者巴斯蒂安o德拉特(Bastien Drut)发现,世界杯过后的5年时间中,世界杯举办国球队赛事的上座率上升了15-25%;据作者估计,在2017年世界杯后的5个赛季内,巴西俱乐部的收入至少能增加1.82亿美元。
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