Why Qatar needed the Olympics







That’s the spirit!

  • tallg


    According to the IOC Working Group Report it was TV, not weather, that was the main problem with holding the games in October. It would clash with all the big US and European sports so viewing figures would be lower, hence they couldn’t sell the TV rights and advertising/sponsorship for as much.

    So despite having “unlimited cash to spend on such an event”, it was still money issues that caused the Qatar bid to fail.

  • amnesia

    The articles posted on various news sites pointed to the heat.




    etc…I understand the TV rights issue though and that would make more sense as a reason.

  • tallg

    … and they also all point towards the tv rights.

    This one’s a bit more direct; 

    It always boils down to money, even if some people are too afraid to say it out loud (criticising the IOC is never a good idea if you plan to host the Olympics one day :)

  • http://www.muhid.com/ Where my journey begins

    I would love to see Olympics in Qatar, it would be a dream to come trune

  • @Makks

    I don’t get why we need the Olympics when everything you mentioned above will happen due to Qatar hosting the World Cup. If anything this is reason not to host the Olympics now. It’s better to do the World Cup in 2022, and then get the Olympics for 2028 or 2032 to be the next level push to take Qatar even further and be a truly great nation. 

  • Oliver

    No country that makes homosexuality illegal should host any major sporting invents.

  • Oliver


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