2011 RUGBY WORLD CUP MAY BRING MILLIONS INTO NEW ZEALAND – BUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ECONOMY AFTERWARDS?
September 1st, 2011
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
THE GREEN picturesque land of New Zealand has recently gained some new human scenery: new stadiums and roadways, and an estimated 95,000 additional flag waving visitors: the 2011 Rugby World Cup (RWC) is now underway. By the first kick-off between New Zealand's All Blacks and Tonga on September 9, at a revamped Eden Park stadium in Auckland, the country's central and local governments had already spent approximately New Zealand dollars NZD500 million (USD411 million) on the event. And while All Blacks fans are getting riled up and their team ...
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