Posted on 03/05/2005 7:12:52 PM PST by Pikamax
Montreal is just paying of the enormous debt from the '76 Olympics with the non-retractable roofed stadium sitting empty 360/24.
Greek by any other name still means taking it up the a**
They will have dissolved by that time.
Grease, er, Greece: What an appropriately named country...
Our greatest economic weapon against China is the upcoming Olympics.
I just had my best laugh of the day reading this article.
These countries go to enormous lengths to win a contract to build these facilities, and often there is no plan at all on what to do with them after the two weeks of pleasure and temporary profits.
Maroons...
One could pick up 'The Silverdome' cheap these days if you asked nicely. The greatest indoor stadium ever built so far. But decades later they still haven't figgerd' out to how direct traffic in front of the joint...
Put ten drachmas on "Galloping Necrosis" to win.
Well, I intend doing my bit for the Greek economy this year.
Two week vacation in Rhodes booked! And feet just itching to get there.
I LOVE the Greek islands! No place in Europe compares for a nice relaxing vacation with great food, good weather, and really nice people. (Of course, Ireland is great..the weather, it a bit tempramental though. And we do have Guinness! *S*)
Good thinkin' there, Greece. Maybe you folks should have researched this crap a bit more before diving in. Perhaps all of the olympic stuff can be advertised as "modern ruins" to tourists.
WHy should this surprise anyone? The facilities were slapped together as cheaply as possible.
A good chunk of New York's '64 World's Fair is STILL rusting away in full view of every visitor going to and from JFK. And not little refreshment stands, either: big, giant, padlocked pavilions that haven't seen a broom or paintbrush since LBJ.
Would any of you be shocked to know Queens has been a Democrat monopoly all these years? Didn't think so.
I'm rooting for Paris to receive the next games. I look forward to the strain the Olympics will put on their already depressed economy.
There is a reason that Grease (sp) is full of ruins instead of being full of perfectly preserved artifacts.
How could a water droplet (from a leaking roof) be a size of large coin? Are their largest coins about 1/8"? Or did they somehow manage to reduce gravity there? Then Nobel in Physics is in order.
Doesn't Greece still have some stuff left over from the first Olympic Games? Hmmm, I think I've detected a pattern here.
"Lose the games that nobody cares about like curling..."
Well, curling's a winter sport. You never hear about how Winter Olympics prove to be financial disasters for the host cities - are they?
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