Discussion: Rio Is Stuck With Big Bills And Vacant Venues After Hosting The Olympics

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Is there anyone anywhere that didn’t see this coming?

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It’s OK, all the grifters got paid, and the public will foot the bill.

And I’m betting Tokyo turns into a mess, just not as bad.

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Thank FSM, there is no possible parallel to this budget busting fiasco, built on lies and not paying creditors,
in the good old USA these days…

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It’s one of life’s great tragicomedys: sports are the only kind of socialism that everyone can agree on.

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Eventually the Olympics will become a television-only event. The sport venues will be scattered around the world to existing sites and the opening and closing ceremonies will be just CG animated.