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bk27465 t1_j7obo51 wrote

Why would Saudi need co hosts? Saudi is a huge country all on its own with allot of money to host all on it's own. Or has the world cup changed the rules that you need 3 nations to host now?

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System_Defalt t1_j7odhi3 wrote

They don’t need co-hosts but it helps drive appeal to the bid. Helping 2 smaller countries by footing the bill looks good on them. They are still hosting 75% of the tournament. Not having to build stadiums to host all the opening round games will also probably save them money and there’s a chance they can use existing infrastructure in the other countries.

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