No one saw that coming. /sarc
You have to feel somewhat sorry for them, just not all the way.
I appreciate the idea that they wanted the pride of hosting the Olympics, and to their credit they came off pretty well.
Conversely, they mortgaged quite a bit for the privilege of a such a dubious honor.
IMHO, if the IOC wants to put these games in such places as Rio de Genaro then the IOC should fund them and the venues are their gift to the host city.
The idea that a city anywhere has to spend billions on a two week affair is silly.
It seems that every country, particularly the “less affluent” ones always spend billions and get nothing in return other than a few weeks of tourist money. Afterwards their investment and society take a beating for the privilege having hosted the Olympics. It may be time to either not do the Games anymore, or have all interested countries share the construction of a permanent Olympic village in, let’s say, Athens.
Return the Summer Games permanently to Greece, figure out something similar for the Winter Games.