Abandoned venues of the Rio Olympics just 6 months later: Update - all abandoned Olympic venues

[Robbie3000]

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

Like the article you posted says, it's hard to measure the intangibles. All I can tell you from living in the city, there is a marked difference from Pre Olympics Atlanta and post Olympics Atlanta.

We may have broken even in cost accounting, but the intengible benefits were positive. Most people in the city view the Olympics as a net positive.

With that said, developing countries should be more cautious before bidding on Olympics. The long term intangible benefits may not be enough to justify the short term costs. We saw this in Rio and in Russia to name a couple of examples.

 

[David_TheMan]

Like the article you posted says, it's hard to measure the intangibles. All I can tell you from living in the city, there is a marked difference from Pre Olympics Atlanta and post Olympics Atlanta.

We may have broken even in cost accounting, but the intengible benefits were positive. Most people in the city view the Olympics as a net positive.

With that said, developing countries should be more cautious before bidding on Olympics. The long term intangible benefits may not be enough to justify the short term costs. We saw this in Rio and in Russia to name a couple of examples.

Like I said feeling like things are better doesn't equate with things being actually economically better.
I posted two articles for you, one about them only breaking even, and another about 4 years pre and 5 years post olympics that shows no benefit of the olympics.

At the end of the day people like yourself are to emotionally invested to look objectively

 

[Scottie Drippin]

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.

Atlanta is a testament to doing the Olympics right. Olympic Stadium became Turner Field, and now after the Braves leave it'll be downsized again and used as a college football stadium.

You have to have a plan for the facilities after they're done, and Atlanta's plans to turn everything over to all the colleges in the city was brilliant.

 

[Robbie3000]

Like I said feeling like things are better doesn't equate with things being actually economically better.
I posted two articles for you, one about them only breaking even, and another about 4 years pre and 5 years post olympics that shows no benefit of the olympics.

At the end of the day people like yourself are to emotionally invested to look objectively

There are a lot of claims in the other article that are up to debate. But I'm not really invested enough in this topic to go back and forth with you and whatever agenda you are trying to push this week. So believe what you want.

 

[David_TheMan]

There are a lot of claims in the other article that are up to debate. But I'm not really invested enough in this topic to go back and forth with you and whatever agenda you are trying to push this week. So believe what you want.

Nothing to believe talking about facts, that exist whether you believe them or not.
That said no problem ending the discussion.

 

[Serious]

Damn we knew this was coming.
@Malta @horse. kills

 

[Serious]

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.

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

breaking even is a pretty remarkable feat by itself.

 

[mbewane]

That would be a handful of places then

Somebody gotta get shaked down

Yeah I hear you, it just feels that it's too big of an investment for the couple weeks the event takes. Like brehs showed even in some western countries the places went to waste after the event. I think Japan is building venues that can be easily transformed into something else afterwards, maybe that's the way to go forward and not have these olympic wastelands popping up around the globe

 

[el_oh_el]

Humans are some wasteful fukking creatures man. I wonder how long will the ecosystem keep up

 

[ThatTruth777]

I remember Real Sports did a excellent story on how these countries lobby for the Olympics at the expense of the people from the respective countries. Also about the seemingly inevitable aftermaths...

I remember one conclusion I had was why don't they get rid of the corrupt lobbying (or bidding, I believe is how they referred to it) and just hold the Olympics in a static location every 4 years instead of causing all this grief like a unnatural disaster.

 

[Arithmetic]

Spoiler: 1996 Atlanta

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.

Spoiler: Athens 2004

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

Spoiler: 2008 Beijing

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.

Spoiler: 2014 Sochi

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

What a waste

 

[Geek Nasty]

Any country bidding for the Olympics must submit a reuse plan for these facilities. This shyt is ridiculous and they called it in Brazil.

 

[KingBeez]

I wish someone did a HBO special about the abandoned Olympic locations, and interviewed the displaced residents, as well as bring back some athletes of that years games to walk through the Olympic village does and the place they played at to see it now.

 

[powmia]

Any country bidding for the Olympics must submit a reuse plan for these facilities. This shyt is ridiculous and they called it in Brazil.

You're right. Thats why Washington DC should host the Olympics. Just imagine the good that could be done for just the HBCU'S ine the greater DMV area. These schools would use the facilities for decades in the future.
Howard, Coppin, Morgan State, Bowie, Virginia Union, Va. State would use those venues daily....