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What The Abandoned Venues From The Athens Olympics Look Like 10 Years Later
Business Insider ^ | 08/08/2014 | Tony Manfred

Posted on 08/08/2014 9:22:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: Rodamala

awful comparison....

difference is the venues in Chicago or Los Angeles or Salt Lake City, Vancouver, Calgary, Melbourne, Atlanta are put to good use after the Olympics...

Greece was given the olympics for sentimental reasons- not common sense. Its a country that would be a crap hole were it not for tourism...


21 posted on 08/08/2014 9:50:41 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: rfreedom4u

Sarajevo venues were destroyed in the war...they were fighting from the ice rink...


22 posted on 08/08/2014 9:52:03 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cant the Olympics fund itself?

Ah the glory of fascist and socialist subsidized ventures.


23 posted on 08/08/2014 9:53:04 AM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: SeekAndFind

btw- you notice all the cities you mentioned turned profits after LA in ‘84?? Know why? One man- Peter Ubberoff who had the common sense to bring sponsorship into the Olympics....when its run like a business, as it should be, they lessen the potential for economic damage...


24 posted on 08/08/2014 9:53:55 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: SeekAndFind

South Korea has a winter Olympics coming up, hopefully they don’t mess it up as bad as Sochi Russia with its fake hotels and stuff


25 posted on 08/08/2014 9:54:20 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: llevrok

Will people visit these sites in 2,000 years? They are our Colosseum and Parthenon.


26 posted on 08/08/2014 9:55:30 AM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: Stormdog
the drivebyathalon being the featured event

LMAO

27 posted on 08/08/2014 9:56:54 AM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe they can sell tickets to tourists, like they do for the Parthenon. Only for this exibit, you can touch things if you dare and can take a chunk of it home with you.


28 posted on 08/08/2014 9:58:18 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: jimmygrace

I can’t open these photos at work, cana someone post them?


29 posted on 08/08/2014 9:59:25 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: SeekAndFind

Why LA?

Why not in the US?


30 posted on 08/08/2014 10:01:34 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SeekAndFind

they became a travesty when they started allowing professional players in.
before that they were merely revenue generators for the IOC, which is the only one to profit from perpetuating this farce which has lived past it’s sell-by date.


31 posted on 08/08/2014 10:01:58 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: All

Bump


32 posted on 08/08/2014 10:04:07 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Greece’s GDP in 2004 was $228 billion. Government expenditure in that year was 45.52% of the GDP (holy smokes!).

Thus 5% of the entire country’s GDP that year was spent on the Olympics.

And they can’t understand why they are in the toilet?

If the US spent 5% of its GDP (about $800 billion this year) on the Olympics would that cause an uproar?


33 posted on 08/08/2014 10:13:04 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: GeronL
Surely you've seen the Formula 1 track being built @ Sochi. How many years until the boys from Top Gear pay a visit to the abandoned ruins of Sochi Autodrom?
34 posted on 08/08/2014 10:17:52 AM PDT by W. (From 'Four score and seven' to 'fore' in less than ten years...)
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To: W.

Interesting idea. Could work.


35 posted on 08/08/2014 10:20:21 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL
A place like North Texas already has all the stadiums and hotels they would need, no spend spending would be needed.

North Texans have no desire for a circus like that. We're just praying they don't bring the Super Bowl back here- ever.
36 posted on 08/08/2014 10:30:02 AM PDT by TexasGunLover ("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
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To: SeekAndFind

Seriously, London made money? That is surprising, and somewhat encouraging.


37 posted on 08/08/2014 10:47:17 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: Veto!

Yes, Greece would be an appropriate choice, assuming they could run it (or have its management shared). And its status as an economic basket case shows the need for the revenue.


38 posted on 08/08/2014 10:50:34 AM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Same is true of Beijing. And it will be the same for Rio.


39 posted on 08/08/2014 10:51:45 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: W.

The World Cup in Russia is going to be a disaster.

Nobody is going to want to go to the games outside of perhaps Moscow and St Petersburg.


40 posted on 08/08/2014 10:53:02 AM PDT by dfwgator
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