{"id":757784,"date":"2026-06-24T09:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/757784\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:32:09","slug":"each-additional-canada-world-cup-match-equals-a-70m-boost-to-vancouver-economy-bmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/757784\/","title":{"rendered":"Each additional Canada World Cup match equals a $70M boost to Vancouver economy: BMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782293529_510_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Soccer fans leave BC Place as Canadian fans celebrate a win over Qatar during the FIFA World Cup in Vancouver, on Thursday, June 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Chad Hipolito<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJun 24, 2026 | 2:00 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER \u2014 It won\u2019t just be fans feeling the joy if Team Canada advances to the next round in the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>A new analysis from BMO Economics estimates about a $70-million boost to Vancouver\u2019s local economy for each additional match Canada plays. <\/p>\n<p>Canada and Switzerland, each with four points, are set for a Group B showdown at BC Place today. Canada would top the standings with either a win or a tie.<\/p>\n<p>The bank says a potential economic bump would be largely tied to bars, restaurants and watch parties \u2014 not new tourism inflows, as most matches are already sold out.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Soccer fans leave BC Place as Canadian fans celebrate a win over Qatar during the FIFA World Cup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-757784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}