@Darmody, if only you had used a word like "commerce" or "business" instead of "geopolitics". This match and WC seems like good business. Also I'm not entertained but that was their intention I guess.
This is the money spent on the last world cups.
QAT (2022) US$229 billion[1]
RUS (2018) US$16 billion[2]
BRA (2014) US$19.7 billion[3]
RSA (2010) US$7.2 billion[4]
GER (2006) US$4.9(€3.7) billion[5]
KOR/ JPN (2002) US$7 billion[6]
FRA (1998) US$2.33 billion[7]
USA (1994) US$500.00 million[8]
ITA (1990) US$4 billion[9]
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_the_FIFA_World_Cu...