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I hate the olympics. It's a huge waste of money and resources and robs the taxpayers. Wish we could just always have it in Greece or something rather than movin

I hate the olympics. It's a huge waste of money and resources and robs the taxpayers. Wish we could just always have it in Greece or something rather than moving it every time.

hkmurakami 11y ago
Case in point: Tokyo Olympic budget is now 6x what they originally announced, and is currently expected to ring in at $15Billion (assuming exchange rate of 120 Yen to the dollar). They will almost certainly be unprofitable. Seems almost like a handout to general contractors =/. (There's already been a scandal with the logo having been a "hand out" to a designer) http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/shun-otokita/olympic-budget_b_8865626.html http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/shun-otokita/olympic-budget_b_8...
Aeolun 11y ago
Greece still has an olympic stadium they haven't been using much recently. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandoned-athens-olympic-2004-venues-10-years-on-in-pictures http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandon...
JBerlinsky 11y ago
Relevant: http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/09/two-words-olympics-island/6797/ http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/09/two-words-olympics-i...
ciconia 11y ago
Seems to me nowadays the world of sports in general is more about money and less about sport.
poooogles 11y ago
As a Londoner who did the last set of Olympics I don't think I could disagree with you more. Sure some things changed and we lost a few places to 2012; but on the whole we gained so much more. Maybe we got lucky through politics, but I don't think many people in London would like to have the Stratford and East end we had prior to the Olympics back. Hopefully 2020 works out well for Japan, but I don't think you can write off the Olympics all together. The UK gained so much out of them, if at a minimum we took a huge amount of nation pride forward which is probably worth the cost alone.

I hate the olympics. It's a huge waste of money and resources and robs the taxpayers. Wish we could just always have it in Greece or something rather than moving it every time.

hkmurakami 11y ago

Case in point: Tokyo Olympic budget is now 6x what they originally announced, and is currently expected to ring in at $15Billion (assuming exchange rate of 120 Yen to the dollar). They will almost certainly be unprofitable. Seems almost like a handout to general contractors =/. (There's already been a scandal with the logo having been a "hand out" to a designer) http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/shun-otokita/olympic-budget_b_8865626.html http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/shun-otokita/olympic-budget_b_8...

Aeolun 11y ago

Greece still has an olympic stadium they haven't been using much recently. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandoned-athens-olympic-2004-venues-10-years-on-in-pictures http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandon...

JBerlinsky 11y ago

Relevant: http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/09/two-words-olympics-island/6797/ http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/09/two-words-olympics-i...

ciconia 11y ago

Seems to me nowadays the world of sports in general is more about money and less about sport.

poooogles 11y ago

As a Londoner who did the last set of Olympics I don't think I could disagree with you more. Sure some things changed and we lost a few places to 2012; but on the whole we gained so much more. Maybe we got lucky through politics, but I don't think many people in London would like to have the Stratford and East end we had prior to the Olympics back. Hopefully 2020 works out well for Japan, but I don't think you can write off the Olympics all together. The UK gained so much out of them, if at a minimum we took a huge amount of nation pride forward which is probably worth the cost alone.