The Olympics wasn't ruined but it was crippled from becoming what it could have been. Everybody who wasn't officially organising it was shunted into the catego

The Olympics wasn't ruined but it was crippled from becoming what it could have been. Everybody who wasn't officially organising it was shunted into the category of watching and being entertained. The population was treated like sheep. This is actually true if you experienced the one-way systems and barriers in the public transport system and figuratively true if you experienced the TV coverage. There was so little opportunity for collaboration. For local councils and pubs to organise their own special olympic celebrations. Local shops couldn't innovate and offer olympic specials. During the Royal Wedding and the Royal Jubilee (Queen 60 years on throne) the general public and so many businesses made the celebration their own. It was really quite joyful. The olympics had an opportunity to incorporate that but instead went down the big corporate event path.