World Cup Football Costs Australia $250 Million Per Game
Posted on June 13, 2006 by Yaro
Last night was pretty damn exciting if you are an Aussie. Our first Football World Cup match against Japan was considered lost for most of the game as we were down 0-1 up to the 83rd Minute when we finally put one away. Goals number two and three were added shortly after giving Australia a very late 3-1 victory. Quite amazing how quickly a football match can turn around.
This was all happening on a public holiday evening at 1 AM in the morning. You see Australia isn’t quite on the same timeline as Germany and in fact we were lucky to have a game that started as early as 10:30.
I was just reading the news today about it and came across this quote -
Workplace experts predict up to 20 per cent of employees will struggle to make it to work after each Socceroos match, costing businesses up to $250 million a game.
- Source: Fans catch World Cup fever
Only in Australia would sport have so much impact on the economy. It makes me proud 
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3 Responses to “World Cup Football Costs Australia $250 Million Per Game”
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Graydon
- 13th Jun, 06 12:06pm
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2004/01/19/daily51.html
Be proud… but take into account some other countries and sports as well.
I think the $821 million for the superbowl is pretty steep.
Tia
- 8th Feb, 08 05:02am
I love football, and that was an exciting game! Im sure one day Aussie will get good as football as it is in rugby and cricket
I sure loved my vacations in Oz!
Barbara G.
- 13th Feb, 08 12:02am
I truly believe that productivity lost due to fans watching sporting activities is significant. I guess it is worthwhile to cut duration of play time of popular games like soccer.