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2743880, It’s tough to watch without thinking about how host cities get screwed
Posted by pretentious username, Mon Jul-26-21 05:27 PM
>I feel like NBC could've done the sponsorships differently
>during the opening ceremonies and not had commercials while
>teams were walking in...

If you haven’t already seen them, look up the photo galleries of abandoned Olympic venues in Athens, Beijing, and Rio. The pictures from Rio were taken just 6 months after the olympics were over. Tokyo has had to build the same very specific venues and then some, but hasn’t even been able to recoup some of those costs with ticket sales. It’s really sad. Some cities are able to convert the venues or make them public spaces, so maybe Tokyo can avoid that fate, but it’s still tough to watch. I really enjoyed the street skateboarding competition, but it probably cost millions to build that park and it was only used for 2 days.