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is the olympics a waste of money

Poll - Total Votes: 6
YUP olympics are wonderful money well spent
NOPE there are sporting events to host that are cheaper but less glamorous
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Nowadays it cost tens of billions of dollars to put on the olympics and after the 2 weeks of sport is over usually most of the facilities built at great expense get ripped down because they are not needed anymore.
Some things stay but most usually go so the long term benefits to the residents of the city are not as great as it looks like during the preparation for the olympics when all these new things are being built.

The state funds the olympics but they do not get their money back because they spent tens of billions.

So is spending all that money for 2 week of sport justified?
SW-User
It's about prestige. Prestige draws foreign investment capital and business contracts.
I still don't understand why would people watch that. Totally waste of time.
Mongoose73 · 51-55, M
The athletes are sooo boring people. Humourless robots
SW-User
Yes and pointless
Cierzo · M
Waste of money or time. Could not care about them less.
MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M
I don't get how it can cost billions for something like that :P

 
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