FIFA's Tax Demands for Prospective Host Countries

The government has spent more than $11 billion getting ready. The United States team will play its second game here in the city of Manaus, in this brand new $270 million stadium. It is so remote that it's almost impossible to reach by car,. Officials had to have the stadium materials brought in by boat, shipped across the Atlantic from Portugal, and up the Amazon River. That makes no sense. Why would you be unhappy hosting the thing that you love the most?