As Toronto and Vancouver count down to hosting the FIFA World Cup , a new poll from the Angus Reid Institute has found that most Canadians believe hosting the World Cup is only worth it if the revenue from the event is substantial.

Seventy-one per cent of Canadians voted that the revenue meet or exceed the cost of hosting the event.

One in five of the people polled said it is not worth hosting the event regardless, while one in 10 said it is a valuable event for the cities to host, even if costs far exceed revenue.

The cost of hosting seven FIFA World Cup matches next year remains on track, the B.C. government said in a release in June.

The updated range for gross core costs of planning, staging and hosting the matches in Vancouver is now estimated to be between $532 million an

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