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This is the first post in a -part blog series focused on the 2022 World Cup.

Four years ago, the global population tuned in to watch the 2018 World Cup. Now, only a month away, soccer fans anxiously await the 2022 World Cup. This year, thirty-two countries will compete in the most popular sport in the world in hopes of being crowned champion. With over fans worldwide and over  players across 200 countries, no other event reaches such a global audience.

It’s nothing new for tourists to visit a place in order to do something that would be prohibited where they live. Whether it’s lower drinking ages, legalized drugs, or legalized gambling, some places thrive off of such . , for example, serves as a sort of liberalized haven for many of those living in Islamist . The country's lenient drinking laws have attracted Saudi escapists, who in turn contribute nearly ten percent to Bahrain’s economy. So why are Bahraini legislators contemplating and imposing near-total prohibition?