1/2 “One city, Chicago, saw the alarm bells long ago, stepping out of the race for 2026. Their former Mayor Rahm Emanuel told The Athletic: “…. do you expect me to treat the Chicago taxpayers as the dumb money at the table? You’ve got to be kidding me!”
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World Cup organizer FIFA pushes billions of costs onto its host cities, leading to frustration and a refusal to make the same mistakes again