Should the 2012 Olympics be transferred from London to Greece?
In view of the escalating costs of construction should London cut its losses and offer to transfer the 2012 Summer Olympic Games to the already constructed facilities that were used in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games at Athens. At the same time it would helping out the suffering Greek economy.
Unfortunately, it is in a state of dereliction, so would cost someone loads of money to fix in time.
“If waste was an Olympic sport, Greece should be world champions.
Inside, beneath rusting floodlights, lay devastation – formerly glorious Olympic stadiums were now derelict, covered in graffiti.
This is where more than £9 billion was spent to bring the 2004 Games ‘home’.”
“A staggering 21 out of 22 venues lie abandoned since an event lasting just three weeks was held, and the magnificent stadiums are now over-run with rubbish and weeds.
But the most striking ‘legacy’ has been the huge sums spent – and wasted – on venues to hold sports with little following in Greece.
And yet the madness does not end there: annual ‘maintenance’ of the empty sites has cost almost £500million since the event.
Four years on, the Greek authorities unconvincingly insist they are still involved in ‘active negotiations’ to find buyers.
For planners of the London 2012 Olympics, it is a cautionary tale. The fear is that London may repeat the mistakes of Athens.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1036373/Abandoned-derelict-covered-graffiti-rubbish-What-left-Athens-9billion-Olympic-glory.html
2012 Olympics Stadium – London – Construction