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Tourism Minister Lana Popham assured reporters repeatedly last week that the numbers are coming and acknowledged that there is likely to be a higher bill for the games than originally projected.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, who has echoed Ms. Popham’s enthusiasm for the World Cup, said in a statement that the city will work with FIFA to make more information available, but he did not elaborate.

The city has reportedly agreed to grant FIFA tax exemptions, protect its brand, allow it to sell advertising space in fan areas and co-ordinate any World Cup-related news briefings or information with the organization.

For example, Seattle has not provided regular updates on what the expenses will be since early estimates from 2018 that playing host to five matches could cost as much as US$10-million, although it has released the contract that outlines what FIFA will pay in rent for the stadium.

director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, which has been critical of the World Cup bids by Toronto and Vancouver and the secrecy around the costs, said the language in the publicly available contracts seems to indicate that governments are on the hook for whatever FIFA might demand.

BC United Party MLA Peter Milobar, who has been tracking the issue for the three years since it was announced that Vancouver was going to get some of the matches, said the government appears to be disorganized and unprepared for the fast-approaching games.

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