re: #135 sattv4u2

Very short term. Here in Atlanta there are empty venues from the 96 games and the city gov’t still not recovered from the expense

Curious, what venues are empty? Georgia Tech and Georgia State makes use of the olympic housing as student dorms, and Georgia Tech uses the Aquatic center, The Braves use the reconfigured Olympic Stadium. The Atlanta Beach in Clayon County is open every summer for swimming. Sanford Statium (host of some of the Soccer) isn’t exactly sitting useless. The horse park in Conyers was around before and remains afterwords. Finally Centennial Olympic Park hosted events and is a gorgeous green space to walk by when going to the either the Georgia Dome or Phillips Arena.

As far as the expenses go… The Olympics themselves turned a profit, but you are correct that the cost to the city was significant.

However, I think you are overstating your case with regards to empty venues etc.