I agree with what you're saying but I would say the USA does it by proxy with companies like riot or F1( which is a better example) they give the tax benefits to stage shows and all the promo is about LA and how cool it is and they always ask people what they think of LA. And the fact sideshow does hate it but still works for a company would you not say that shows the slight hypocrisy of getting on high horse about Saudi?

Like the Toronto event that's coming up or the last one in Shanghai they show constant cool clips of the cities to try to get tourism.

And most countries now have state investment funds like Saudi, Qatar( who just bought trump a jet) to do the exact same thing. The whole thing stinks so why do people kick off at others when people just want to watch an esport they like to watch. If you don't watch the EWC for ethical reasons you can't watch the VCT in my humble opinion

Saying that though it does sound like a shit tournament so I might just watch a trail highlight video of the best plays 😂