Does anyone know what will happen to it after the Paras?
I'll bet you within two years, it'll have no money and in a dire state. The 'people' or the Gvmt will want to sell whatever they can, even the wood of the track if they could.
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There's a page somewhere with pics of the venues from the 84 winter Olympics in Belgrade (I'd find it, but baby Sagan has only just settled after a day of overstimulation, so nuh). Anyway, crumbling and overgrown all of it. I expect much of the stuff from these games to go the same way.
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There's a page somewhere with pics of the venues from the 84 winter Olympics in Belgrade (I'd find it, but baby Sagan has only just settled after a day of overstimulation, so nuh). Anyway, crumbling and overgrown all of it. I expect much of the stuff from these games to go the same way.
There's a page somewhere with pics of the venues from the 84 winter Olympics in Belgrade (I'd find it, but baby Sagan has only just settled after a day of overstimulation, so nuh). Anyway, crumbling and overgrown all of it. I expect much of the stuff from these games to go the same way.
To be fair Sarajevo did have a war soon after.
It also isn't Belgrade :facepalm: . By way of mitigation, I refer the counsel to my previous comments regarding baby Sagan.
I wasn't suggesting there was anything wrong with the place for the state of the venues, just suggesting there are photos available for those who can be bothered looking for them.
That said, a better analogue would probably be Delhi post commonwealth hosting (Athens probably has a fair few crumbling venues too).
On the plus side, yhe handball venue is aparently a temporary structure and will be dismantled and used to construct four new schools post-games.
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These empty facilities from games past show why the British tax payer should be so grateful to West Ham for making use of the Olympic stadium. It would nice if the tax paying public showed their appreciation by buying them a proper right back.
These empty facilities from games past show why the British tax payer should be so grateful to West Ham for making use of the Olympic stadium. It would nice if the tax paying public showed their appreciation by buying them a proper right back.
And the sense in making the venues easy to convert or relocate once the Games finished. Brazil's efforts are 20 years behind the times and suggest that the IOC are only paying lip service to legacy and sustainability.
These empty facilities from games past show why the British tax payer should be so grateful to West Ham for making use of the Olympic stadium. It would nice if the tax paying public showed their appreciation by buying them a proper right back.
And the sense in making the venues easy to convert or relocate once the Games finished. Brazil's efforts are 20 years behind the times and suggest that the IOC are only paying lip service to legacy and sustainability.
As a West Ham fan I was trolling a little, but the fact remains that without West Ham (who are getting a great deal), that stadium would be little used. As we both know the Millennium gets little use outside of rugby - and the Olympic stadium had little to fall back on.
I was amazed when I went that the iconic pool wasn't in use. I would have loved to have swum in there and had a go off one of the (lower) diving boards.
I was amazed when I went that the iconic pool wasn't in use. I would have loved to have swum in there and had a go off one of the (lower) diving boards.
The diving pool is still open and in use. A friend's son was competing there earlier this summer. I thought the swimming pool was open too.
I was at the hockey venue a couple of years ago. My club was playing in the Eurohockey League there. The Olympic Stadium nearby seemed to be functional.
For a contrasting view of legacy - in 1958 Cardiff hosted the Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games). The only reamining facility is the cycling track (where Tom Simpson claimed a silver). It now hosts Maindy Flyers, a youth club that has produced Geraint Thomas, Luke Rowe, Nicole Cooke, Elinor Barker and Owain Doull amongst others.
Wasn't Montreal the one that got a reputation for money wasted?
Some serious Mafia stuff in Montreal apparently.
The Olympic complex in Athens has been 'home' to many refugees for the last year or so. The hockey stadium houses about 3,000 people and the baseball field is covered in UNHCR tents etc. etc.
I was at the hockey venue a couple of years ago. My club was playing in the Eurohockey League there. The Olympic Stadium nearby seemed to be functional.
For a contrasting view of legacy - in 1958 Cardiff hosted the Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games). The only reamining facility is the cycling track (where Tom Simpson claimed a silver). It now hosts Maindy Flyers, a youth club that has produced Geraint Thomas, Luke Rowe, Nicole Cooke, Elinor Barker and Owain Doull amongst others.
Rich which hockey league do you play your regular hockey in? Trying to work out if you would have come across my old club - we played a few times in South Wales and I was only playing in the second team.
My mistake then. I was there a few years ago and the athletics stadium seemed totally abandoned except for the sale of some cheap souvenirs and the outside was in disrepair. It was quite an eerie feeling being the ONLY people wondering around the stadiums
I was at the hockey venue a couple of years ago. My club was playing in the Eurohockey League there. The Olympic Stadium nearby seemed to be functional.
For a contrasting view of legacy - in 1958 Cardiff hosted the Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games). The only reamining facility is the cycling track (where Tom Simpson claimed a silver). It now hosts Maindy Flyers, a youth club that has produced Geraint Thomas, Luke Rowe, Nicole Cooke, Elinor Barker and Owain Doull amongst others.
Rich which hockey league do you play your regular hockey in? Trying to work out if you would have come across my old club - we played a few times in South Wales and I was only playing in the second team.
I play for Cardiff & Met in the Wales and South West league (the lower reaches these days) Probably would have just been called just plain Cardiff back then. Who were you with?
North Somerset. When I played we weren't that good but I understand they have been doing OK in the last few years and won their league at some point. The firsts seemed to play further afield than us.
When I first started playing (in the 3s) it was basically a youth team and we got beaten week in week out...
North Somerset. When I played we weren't that good but I understand they have been doing OK in the last few years and won their league at some point. The firsts seemed to play further afield than us.
When I first started playing (in the 3s) it was basically a youth team and we got beaten week in week out...
I've certainly played there - a long time ago, I dropped down the levels over ten years ago. Is that Portishead? I probably played there regularly when I was a Bristol Uni. They'll play most of their matches to the South these days.
North Somerset. When I played we weren't that good but I understand they have been doing OK in the last few years and won their league at some point. The firsts seemed to play further afield than us.
When I first started playing (in the 3s) it was basically a youth team and we got beaten week in week out...
I've certainly played there - a long time ago, I dropped down the levels over ten years ago. Is that Portishead? I probably played there regularly when I was a Bristol Uni. They'll play most of their matches to the South these days.
Yeah and that's about when I played there too. I went to uni in '06 so that's when I stopped playing for them.
Away from the issue of a specific venue, the 92 Games did a huge amount for Barcelona's position as one of the great cities of the world, how the Barcelonians feel about the world perception of their city, and for the city's infrastructure.
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I'll bet you within two years, it'll have no money and in a dire state. The 'people' or the Gvmt will want to sell whatever they can, even the wood of the track if they could.
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It also isn't Belgrade :facepalm: . By way of mitigation, I refer the counsel to my previous comments regarding baby Sagan.
I wasn't suggesting there was anything wrong with the place for the state of the venues, just suggesting there are photos available for those who can be bothered looking for them.
That said, a better analogue would probably be Delhi post commonwealth hosting (Athens probably has a fair few crumbling venues too).
On the plus side, yhe handball venue is aparently a temporary structure and will be dismantled and used to construct four new schools post-games.
I've seen this a few times https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/aug/13/abandoned-athens-olympic-2004-venues-10-years-on-in-pictures
Never one of venues still open though....
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The IOM Gvmt have been trying to buy a number of 'used' tracks of recent years and number of draft proposals have been made.
So who knows...
And the sense in making the venues easy to convert or relocate once the Games finished. Brazil's efforts are 20 years behind the times and suggest that the IOC are only paying lip service to legacy and sustainability.
I was amazed when I went that the iconic pool wasn't in use. I would have loved to have swum in there and had a go off one of the (lower) diving boards.
For a contrasting view of legacy - in 1958 Cardiff hosted the Empire Games (now the Commonwealth Games). The only reamining facility is the cycling track (where Tom Simpson claimed a silver). It now hosts Maindy Flyers, a youth club that has produced Geraint Thomas, Luke Rowe, Nicole Cooke, Elinor Barker and Owain Doull amongst others.
Some serious Mafia stuff in Montreal apparently.
The Olympic complex in Athens has been 'home' to many refugees for the last year or so. The hockey stadium houses about 3,000 people and the baseball field is covered in UNHCR tents etc. etc.
Rich which hockey league do you play your regular hockey in? Trying to work out if you would have come across my old club - we played a few times in South Wales and I was only playing in the second team.
When I first started playing (in the 3s) it was basically a youth team and we got beaten week in week out...
Yeah and that's about when I played there too. I went to uni in '06 so that's when I stopped playing for them.
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Montjuic still used to host mega concerts, AC/DC, Coldplay and the like.
Whether that constitutes an active and lasting legacy...?
Now if only Madrid will allow an independence referendum, the Catalans will be happy...