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The previous LA hosting of the Olympics was one of the few to be on budget and schedule. It helps to look at actual history instead of projecting tropes.
by dv_dt 8y ago
The previous LA hosting of the Olympics was one of the few to be on budget and schedule.
It helps to look at actual history instead of projecting tropes.
- tzs 8y agoWith the number of concerts and pro and college sporting events that are held in the Los Angeles area, they already had enough venues to handle most Olympic events. They only had to build something like two new venues (a swim center and a velodrome, I think). They used student housing at a UCLA (and USC?) for Olympic Village. That had plenty of capacity because a lot of students go home during the summer break. Basically, the Olympics wasn't a lot more than Los Angeles normally handles, so I'm not surprised it went off well.