The World Cup came and went. Worth $380 million?

For four weeks in June and July the region had the World Cup, or a sixth of it: six matches at an expanded BMO Field, training at Centennial Park in Etobicoke, and fan zones that filled up whether or not Canada was playing.

The bill was argued about before a ball was kicked. Toronto’s estimate for its share was $380 million. The stadium alone took $146 million, $133 million of it from the city and $25 million from MLSE, to add 17,000 temporary seats and permanent screens, lighting, broadcast and hospitality upgrades that the team’s landlord keeps. Ottawa put in $104 million and the province close to $100 million. Deloitte’s study for FIFA said the tournament could generate up to $940 million in economic output for the GTA; the economists TSN asked afterwards were less sure, because that is what economists asked about mega-events always are.

What is left: a better stadium for TFC and the Argonauts, four new mini-pitches, five years of free soccer programming in some neighbourhoods, and whatever you think the month was worth.

Sources: TSN, an uncertain legacy · CBC, the $146-million stadium facelift · Global News, the provincial funding · StadiumDB, BMO Field for the World Cup