The Olympics: waste of money or celebration of excellence?

[Gilrandir]

http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/0...-games/375808/

Some pictures of what remained of the Olympic infrastructure.

All of it intact. Needs some serious cleaning up, no stray plants around, some refurbishment... and it should be as good as new.

A strange meaning you attach to the word "intact".

And are you sure it all is still safe (especially metalware)? If not it will have to be demolished and built anew.

[Pannonian]

A strange meaning you attach to the word "intact".

And are you sure it all is still safe (especially metalware)? If not it will have to be demolished and built anew.

I'm not sure if London's Olympic Stadium will still be intact by the next Olympics either; the West Ham fans will probably have rioted and demolished it by then.

[edyzmedieval]

A strange meaning you attach to the word "intact".

And are you sure it all is still safe (especially metalware)? If not it will have to be demolished and built anew.

I wasn't referring to plastic seats.

I'm talking here about the structures in themselves, which I meant they are intact. The stadium in itself, the building. And yes, when I mean refurbishment, this means that everything needs to be checked and taken care of to ensure proper safety without anything compromised.

[Gilrandir]

I'm talking here about the structures in themselves, which I meant they are intact. The stadium in itself, the building.

Even so, LOOKING intact doesn't mean BEING intact. When properly checked, the structures which look intact may prove totally unusable.

[edyzmedieval]

That's why refurbishment is needed. That's the point I'm trying to make here.

The chances of them being unusable are very slim - and you have at least a basic infrastructure going on, which serves well for Athens should they decide to host the Olympics again. Probably not, because of money issues, but still.