A video celebrating the inauguration of Hungary's Puskas Stadium shows Prim...
BUDAPEST - A video celebrating the inauguration of Hungary’s Puskas Stadium shows Prime Minister Viktor Orban kicking a football across town from his office balcony above the Danube right onto the pitch in the newly-built national football arena.
The International Monetary Fund put the country’s economic output at about $160 billion last year – meaning one in every 400 of those dollars financed football. “It is a lot like Formula 1 and the Hungaroring was in the 1980s. Its positive effect was a lot deeper than immediately visible, which justified the billions spent on it.However, the investment has yet to pay dividends on the football field with the national team still struggling.
Orban, a decent club player and lifelong football fan, has considered it a personal mission to turn that around. The Puskas, named after Ferenc Puskas who starred for Real Madrid and played for the ‘Magnificent Magyars’ following the Second World War, officially opened last week with a friendly against Uruguay and was a culmination of that process.
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