David_TheMan
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There have been multiple economic reports that show Olympics are a negative to the communities and nations that host them financially. i don't think there has been one olympics yet that produced a profit, of the modern ones.
Abandoned venues of the Rio Olympics just 6 months later: Update - all abandoned Olympic venues
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These Eerie Photos Show The Ghosts Of Olympics Past | The Huffington Post
Every few years, the world tunes in to watch the Olympic Games.
From Salt Lake City to London to Beijing, cities across the globe have played host to the illustrious games with hundreds of athletes anxiously vying for their spot in history. But with hosting comes great responsibility, and often new construction that takes years to complete.
The construction, as we’ve seen, can involve destruction. It can also lead to athletic facilities becoming abandoned once the games are over. With many cities having no use for the elaborate luging slides or massive stadiums after the Olympics end, they become quiet and desolate monoliths.
Let’s take a walk through these lands of the long-gone glory days.
Every few years, the world tunes in to watch the Olympic Games.
From Salt Lake City to London to Beijing, cities across the globe have played host to the illustrious games with hundreds of athletes anxiously vying for their spot in history. But with hosting comes great responsibility, and often new construction that takes years to complete.
The construction, as we’ve seen, can involve destruction. It can also lead to athletic facilities becoming abandoned once the games are over. With many cities having no use for the elaborate luging slides or massive stadiums after the Olympics end, they become quiet and desolate monoliths.
Let’s take a walk through these lands of the long-gone glory days.
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- Sarajevo 1984
Dado Ruvic / Reuters
Downhill bikers Kemal Mulic (C), Tarik Hadzic (L) and Kamer Kolar train on the disused bobsled track from the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics on Trebevic mountain near Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aug. 8, 2015. -
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The disused bobsleigh track from the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics is seen on Mount Trebevic, Sept. 19, 2013. -
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A view of the disused bobsleigh track from the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics on Mount Trebevic, Sept. 19, 2013. -
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A picture taken on Feb. 5, 2014, shows Sarajevo’s abandoned ski jumping venue at Mt. Igman. -
Dado Ruvic / Reuters
A view of the disused ski jump from the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics on Mount Igman, Sept. 19, 2013. -
Dado Ruvic / Reuters
A view of the disused ski jump from the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics on Mount Igman in 2013. -
Dado Ruvic / Reuters
Downhill bikers Tarik Hadzic (L-R), Kemal Mulic and Kamer Kolar train on the disused bobsled track from the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics on Trebevic mountain, Aug. 8, 2015. Abandoned and left to crumble into oblivion, most of the 1984 Winter Olympic venues in Bosnia’s capital Sarajevo have been reduced to rubble by neglect as much as the 1990s conflict that tore apart the former Yugoslavia. -
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Downhill bikers Kemal Mulic (R-L), Tarik Hadzic and Kamer Kolar train on the disused bobsled track from the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics, Aug. 8, 2015. -
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A view of the disused judges room for the ski jump from the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics.
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Dado Ruvic / Reuters
A view of the disused judges room for the ski jump from the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics in 2013. -
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A view of worn stone steps which lead to the disused ski jump from the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics in 2013. -
Dado Ruvic / Reuters
Downhill bikers Kemal Mulic (L-R), Kamer Kolar and Tarik Hadzic train on the disused bobsled track from the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics in 2015. -
Dado Ruvic / Reuters
The disused bobsleigh track from the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics is seen in 2013. -
Dado Ruvic / Reuters
A view of the derelict medals podium at the disused ski jump from the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics in 2013. -
Dado Ruvic / Reuters
The logo of Winter Olympics in Sarajevo is seen on a tower near Zetra hall, the venue for the figure skating, in 2013.
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[*]Athens 2004
Yannis Behrakis / Reuters
A chair stands in a deserted swimming pool at the Olympic Village in the town of Thrakomakedones, north of Athens, in July 2014.
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Yorgos Karahalis / Reuters
The stands are seen at the abandoned Olympic Canoe and Kayak Slalom Centre at the Hellenikon complex in Athens, July 2014.
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Yorgos Karahalis / Reuters
The abandoned Canoe and Kayak Slalom Centre where competitions were held during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games is seen at the Hellenikon complex south of Athens, July 2014.
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Yannis Behrakis / Reuters
Garbage floats in a deserted swimming pool at the Olympic Village in Thrakomakedones, north of Athens, in July 2014.
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Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg/Getty Images
An empty stadium seating stand is seen at the abandoned Olympic baseball field at the former Athens International Airport in the Hellenikon district of Athens, Greece, in December 2014.
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Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Unused flagposts stand in front of a litter-strewn water feature in the 2004 Olympic Games Complex in February 2012 in Athens, Greece.
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Vladimir Rys/Getty Images
An abandoned telephone cell is pictured at the Athens 2004 Olympic venue at the Hellenico Olympic park as seen in February 2011.
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ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images
View of the disused Olympic canoe/kayak stadium in Athens on June 11, 2012.
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ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/Getty Images
A view of the disused Olympic field hockey stadium in Athens on June 11, 2012.
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[*]Beijing 2008
David Gray / Reuters
The 2008 Beijing Olympics venue for the beach volleyball competition lies deserted and unmaintained in central Beijing, April 2, 2012. The gigantic infrastructures built for the Beijing Olympics, namely the National Stadium, better known as the “Bird’s Nest”, and the National Aquatics Center, better known as the “Water Cube”, are now used for cultural and sports events, reminding the world of the flare that blazed during the summer of 2008. However, some other Beijing Olympic venues, such as the rowing and kayaking centre, baseball arena and BMX track, have been left either deserted or been completely demolished.
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David Gray / Reuters
A security fence surrounds the deserted and unmaintained 2008 Beijing Olympics venue for the beach volleyball competition in central Beijing, April 2, 2012.
[*]Turin 2006
Alessandro Albert/Getty Images
The ex-Olympic village built for the athletes of the Olympic Winter games is now abandoned on September 20, 2010, in Turin, Italy.
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Alessandro Albert/Getty Images
The ex-Olympic village built for the athletes of the Olympic Winter games is now abandoned, as seen on September 20, 2010, in Turin, Italy.
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88m3
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Nah, or at least not that I remember but it sounds really familiar.
Lake Placid where NYS held two winter Olympics still hosts world class events but it's been difficult.
Found this..
The Berlin Olympic Torch defaced with decades of graffiti.
The main Olympic Village hasn't been used since the Olympics and is all but a relic. | Source
These dormitories of 'Peaceful Village' ironically became Nazi military barracks during the war. They have not been used since.
The Village swimming pool, abandoned since 1945, only recently has been subject to conservation and preservation.
The Caldron at Helsinki.
The abandoned swimming pool at Helsinki.
The abandoned swimming pool at Helsinki.
Aerial photo of Olympiapark in Munich.
The abandoned Olympic Park train station.
Nature slowly reclaimed the rain depot of the Olympic Park.
The entrance to Linnahall. The hastily built structure hasn't weathered well.
This ariel view shows the complex, abandoned since 1980.
Sarajevo Olympic Torch
What's left of the Medal Podium at Sarajevo. In the years following the war, this site became a place for public executions. | Source
The bobsled run now overgrown with plants.
The ski jump at Sarajevo, rotting away.
Sarajevo Olympic Village now looks like a ghost town.
The Berlin Olympic Torch defaced with decades of graffiti.
The main Olympic Village hasn't been used since the Olympics and is all but a relic. | Source
These dormitories of 'Peaceful Village' ironically became Nazi military barracks during the war. They have not been used since.
The Village swimming pool, abandoned since 1945, only recently has been subject to conservation and preservation.
The Caldron at Helsinki.
The abandoned swimming pool at Helsinki.
The abandoned swimming pool at Helsinki.
Aerial photo of Olympiapark in Munich.
The abandoned Olympic Park train station.
Nature slowly reclaimed the rain depot of the Olympic Park.
The entrance to Linnahall. The hastily built structure hasn't weathered well.
This ariel view shows the complex, abandoned since 1980.
Sarajevo Olympic Torch
What's left of the Medal Podium at Sarajevo. In the years following the war, this site became a place for public executions. | Source
The bobsled run now overgrown with plants.
The ski jump at Sarajevo, rotting away.
Sarajevo Olympic Village now looks like a ghost town.
The Olympic Torch after being moved.
Courtside at the Stone Mountain Complex shows the level of decay since the games ended.
There hasn't been a game here in years.
Banners and décor from the 2004 Special Olympics still litter the park. | Source
Gypsies now populate the abandoned venues.
Abandoned training pool | Source
Abandoned Beachball Volleyball stadium. | Source
The Abandoned Volleyball Stadium.
The abandoned Kayaking course.
The abandoned track stadium.
The abandoned baseball stadium.
The abandoned bicycle course.
The Water Cube in bankruptcy.
The paint pealing Sochi sign, a monument for the inevitable.
#sochiproblems will continue for decades to come as unfinished hotels and dorms begin their path to decay.
Toilets that will never flush.
The stadium, its roof partially disassembled, has rarely been used since the games. | Source
The parking lot has been blocked by concrete blocks.
The Sochi Torch
Abandoned Olympic Venues
The Olympics were good for Atlanta. It put us on the map. Centennial Park is now a city square, the Olympic village was refitted into college dormitories for Georgia State, Aquarium was part of the legacy, we now have the busiest airport in the world and we had a migration boom.
The Olympics basically cemented Atlanta as the hub of the Southeast.
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Recent off the top of my head. Off the bat you can really write off a few due to situations that are larger than the cities/countries themselves.
Winter
Sarajevo had a war.
Salt Lake City's venues are still used
Turin idk it's Italy lol
Vancouver I would imagine still uses their facilities
Sochi Russia is a corrupt as fukk and there were a lot of exposes on that .
Summer
Rio financial crisis/corruption
London some still used, some being redeveloped
China ... it's China
Athens... financial crisis
Australia... no idea
Most of the facilities are out of date within a ten to fifteen year span too. The games are held every four years....
I think they should be kept to a handful of a cities/countries honestly.
Winter
Sarajevo had a war.
Salt Lake City's venues are still used
Turin idk it's Italy lol
Vancouver I would imagine still uses their facilities
Sochi Russia is a corrupt as fukk and there were a lot of exposes on that .
Summer
Rio financial crisis/corruption
London some still used, some being redeveloped
China ... it's China
Athens... financial crisis
Australia... no idea
Most of the facilities are out of date within a ten to fifteen year span too. The games are held every four years....
I think they should be kept to a handful of a cities/countries honestly.
David_TheMan
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Maybe it made you feel like it was great for atlanta but actual economic indicators don't confirm what you are saying with regard as the olympics being a benefit. It had no long term economic effects and the city of atlanta reported it only broke even.
Consider intangibles when weighing Olympic host city benefits
i can almost feel the mosquito bites looking at these pics of standing water. the brazilian ones are especially galling with their zika problems.
LA gave all the old olympic venues out here to the colleges...the coliseum, rose bowl, the forum etc all from olympics