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  "path": "/2026/02/23/the-economic-impact-of-international-football-tournaments?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=main&utm_campaign=rss",
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  "textContent": "International football tournaments arrive like travelling capitals: new signage, new security perimeters, a sudden shortage of hotel rooms. A World Cup or continental championship compresses years of planning into a few weeks of matches, but its financial footprint is wider than any fan zone. Economic impact is never one clean figure. It is a bundle of spending choices, revenue streams, and after-effects: what gets built, who captures visitor money, how media rights flow, and which habits stick once the final has been played.",
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