Apparently, a lot of Olympic buildings/structured get abandoned after the Olympics

[Phokus]

http://www.flavorwire.com/318267/fascinating-photos-of-abandoned-olympic-sites?all=1

Wow, what a waste.

 

[Ns1]

what a waste. i would hope they would turn them into olympic training grounds or some shit.


that said, I'm curious about what's left of the LA olylmpics

1932 Grand Olympic Auditorium — Los Angeles, California

HAHAHA THE GRAND AUDITORIUM WAS BUILT FOR THE OLYMPICS!?

 

[manimal]

I always thought that villages should get changed to museums and pools and running stuff to future training centers

Or we could do gladiatorial sports or kumites

 

[Fausto]

To the best of my knowledge, this didn't really happen in Atlanta. The venues either already existed, were taken down afterwards (the velodrome was reassembled in Florida, I think), or were converted to structures that are still being used (the Braves baseball stadium for example).

 

[Red Squirrel]

Wow that's almost sad to see. Makes you wonder why they don't just start using it for something else. Who actually owns those buildings? Maybe it's a political issue. Perhaps after the Olympics the buildings should go to auction or something so private firms can buy them. Then again, look at 3rd world places like China, nobody would have the money for it, let alone have the money to operate them.

 

[waggy]

well that article is a little insane. bitching because a pool from 1930 is not used? or bobsled track?

But this is why i didn't want Chicago to get it. they would build these insane things and my tax's would go up.

 

[The_Dude8]

What happen to the Bird Nest in Beijing? that is a nice architecture design, they should convert it to condos or something.

 

[Anubis]

well that article is a little insane. bitching because a pool from 1930 is not used? or bobsled track?

But this is why i didn't want Chicago to get it. they would build these insane things and my tax's would go up.

also Bosnia is a country devistated by war, understandable those are not used and in ruin

a good amount of the stuff in the US is still used, the suff from the winter games over at lake placid is still used, same with the stuff in atlanta

 

[Homerboy]

This isn't anything new or shocking. Did people really think that the kayaking and bobsled venues would be continuously used afterwards? I can't imagine what it would cost to keep them open and the small number of people that could actually use them. This is why taking on the Olympics is such a huge gamble (often a losing one) for cities. Not to mention some of those sites shown have gone through civil wars and political changes.

well that article is a little insane. bitching because a pool from 1930 is not used? or bobsled track?

But this is why i didn't want Chicago to get it. they would build these insane things and my tax's would go up.

I was SO hoping Chicago would have gotten them. I wanted to travel south from MKE and enjoy them! I imagine it will happen at some point in my life. I'd like to host an athlete or family as well (preferably a female pole vaulter)

 

[Homerboy]

Here's more pics from Beijing:
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2012/07/beijings-olympic-ruins/2499/

Most recent locations have similar articles/images (a lot more than detailed in the OP)

 

[Lean L]

Wow that's almost sad to see. Makes you wonder why they don't just start using it for something else. Who actually owns those buildings? Maybe it's a political issue. Perhaps after the Olympics the buildings should go to auction or something so private firms can buy them. Then again, look at 3rd world places like China, nobody would have the money for it, let alone have the money to operate them.

That's pretty ignorant. We're talking Beijing...

 

[maddogchen]

What happen to the Bird Nest in Beijing? that is a nice architecture design, they should convert it to condos or something.

Beijing residents use it to hang their clothes to dry...

 

[Ns1]

A sign stands at a deserted field showing where the stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games baseball competition once stood. REUTERS/David Gray

they razed it already?


it's interesting that china built everything then abandoned it, instead of using existing venues.


I wonder if Sochi will suffer the same fate?

 

[sandorski]

Some buildings are kept, some are bulldozed.

 

[Rastus]

A sign stands at a deserted field showing where the stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games baseball competition once stood. REUTERS/David Gray

they razed it already?


it's interesting that china built everything then abandoned it, instead of using existing venues.


I wonder if Sochi will suffer the same fate?

There were no existing venues.

 

[ViviTheMage]

pretty crazy that they jut sit in most countries...

 

[Fausto]

This is totally not going to happen in Rio in four years.

 

[waggy]

This is totally not going to happen in Rio in four years.

Rio is going to be interesting.

 

[The_Dude8]

pretty crazy that they jut sit in most countries...

They don't have the money to maintance it. And residents can't afford to use it.

 

[Fausto]

Rio is going to be a clusterfuck.

FTFY.

 

[The_Dude8]

This is totally not going to happen in Rio in four years.

why not?

 

[SKORPI0]

 

[EvilYoda]

Structures like the luge, bobsled, ski jump...obviously they're not going to be able to keep those in use.

I read a similar article about Beijing's buildings (some of the same pictures) and from what I remember, the Birds Nest and the swimming building are still maintained and in use.

 

[darkewaffle]

Those are kind of neat, but the only relevant ones really seem like the Greece and China shots, even then I kind of get the impression those are isolated incidents more than anything else. Otherwise I don't find it all that surprising that structures the better part of a century old are no longer in use or have decayed.

 

[clamum]

At first glance it's a shame but really if you think about it, who the fuck is gonna use a bobsled track or swimming pool built in the early 20th century enough to make it worth it?

I agree that we tend to waste instead of reuse or think ahead, but some of these make sense as to why they're in the state they are.