Hosting Olympic is not a cake walk. The hosting nation has to reassure the IOC, International Olympic Committee that the Olympic Village will be up to the required standards, and constructing such villages sometimes causes financial crisis to the nation, which sometimes, the nation isn’t able to cope. Like the 28th edition of the Olympics held in Brazil has put the country in a financial crisis. However, once the games are over, these stadiums are left to rot. Instead of them being maintained and made open for public use, they are abandoned.
Here are some pictures of Olympic stadiums and villages from around the world that have just been left to rot after the games.
1.2004 Summer Olympics – Athens
2.1936 Summer Olympics – Olympic Village, Berlin
3.1984 Winter Olympics – Ski Jump, Sarajevo
4.2008 Summer Olympics, – Beijing
5.1996 Summer Olympics, – Olympic stadium being demolished for a parking lot, Atlanta
6.1996 Summer Olympics- Tennis Court, Atlanta
7.1980 Summer Olympics, – Soviet venue, Moscow
8.1984 Winter Olympics, – Olympic Sports Complex, Sarajevo
9.1956 Winter Olympics, – Ski Jump Tower, Italy
By: Archa Dave
