Insight for Sunday 4 September 2011
New Zealand had to fight to host the Rugby World Cup, but will it end up losing millions of dollars for its efforts?
Proponents say there are hundreds of millions of dollars to be made, not just from the 95,000 foreign visitors, but from the exposure to the world that will yield benefits for years to come.
But others say the long term benefits are hard to measure. Photo courtesy of allblacks.com