What happens to old Olympic venues?
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Asked by: Aaron Surabhi
Some Olympic villages have been converted to university housing developments, private residences, and shopping plazas. Others, however, have fallen into disarray, forever frozen in time. Below, browse through some of the most hauntingly beautiful photos of abandoned Olympic venues from decades past.
Do Olympic venues get reused?
Five competition venues are being reused from the Olympic Games in 2008. A core driver for this has been the IOC’s Olympic Agenda 2020, which requires host cities to minimise new construction and thereby reduce carbon emissions, among other measures.
What do they do with old Olympic buildings?
For each stadium, the answer is different. Some are abandoned and even graffitied, and some are repurposed, which costs billions of dollars. Many are used as tourist attractions or turned into university stadiums, but for the most part, the stadiums create a huge loss in revenue and are better left to collect dust.
Why are Olympic venues abandoned?
Due to Greece’s economic frailties after the Olympic Games, there has been no further investment and the majority of the newly constructed stadiums now lie abandoned.
Which Olympic venues are abandoned?
Here is a look at some former Olympic venues that have become abandoned.
- 2016 Summer Olympic: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Getty. …
- 2008 Summer Olympics: Beijing, China. Getty. …
- 2004 Summer Olympics: Athens, Greece. Getty. …
- 1984 Winter Olympics: Sarajevo, Bosnia. Getty. …
- 1936 Summer Olympics: Berlin, Germany. Getty.
What do they do with Olympic stadiums after?
What happens to Olympic stadiums and event courses after the Games are over? Host cities spend millions of dollars on infrastructure that in some cases gets unused years after medals are awarded and spectators have moved on to the next Olympics.
What happened to Sochi after the Olympics?
Sochi 2014
There’s an ongoing one now. After putting Russia back on the map with the most expensive Winter Games in history, the venues at Sochi now sit silently. Built to serve not only the Olympics in 2014, but as Russia’s center for international events for the foreseeable future.
What is the Olympic Village used for now?
East Village is a housing development in Stratford, East London that was designed and constructed as the Olympic Village of the 2012 Summer Olympics and has been converted for use as a new residential district, complete with independent shops, bars and restaurants.
What happened to the Athens Olympic venues?
The velodrome and aquatic centre were abandoned. Most of the Athens Olympic venues were abandoned and left to decay. The Hellinikon Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre lies abandoned. Plans to turn the slalom course into a water park never materialised.
