Posted on 08/08/2014 9:22:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Its a country that would be a crap hole were it not for...
I think the Greek tourism board can turn this into a positive. New slogan...
VISIT GREECE—WE HAVE NEW RUINS!
RE: Seriously, London made money? That is surprising, and somewhat encouraging.
Well, I am basing it on this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_the_Olympic_Games
Most of those photos must be old - I’m pretty sure I saw them years ago. Like, a year or two after the 2004 games. Yes, it crumbled that quickly.
Not that that would stop BI from trying to make it look recent to gather some site hits...scumbags.
Agree. I’d vote for having at least the summer Olympics permanently in Athens.
It can't be opened. But it doesn't matter since it has so many rips in it that it doesn't amount to much anyway.
Atlanta was profitable but people whined that it was too commercialized. I guess people would rather have crazy tax bills than see a McDonalds logo on a sign.
We sure have the fatally flawed $60 million fubar stadium to start!
and Sochi was in ruins even before it was opened: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2014/02/2014_winter_olympics_sochi_problems.html
Russia spent $51 billion preparing the Black Sea resort for the Games, some $30 billion was “consumed”.
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