Lessons from London's Olympic legacy

After spending 7 years and more than $4.5 Billion, Brazil is divided on whether the games were really worth it. For a glimpse into the future, Rio might want to look into the past -- Four years ago, London staged one of the priciest Summer Games ever.
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[@virgiliosaavedra87]

Rio is so corrupt they rather let the buildings decay and abandoned than give it to low income families smh

[@AJ-ku7nm]

If you hold the games in corrupt countries you will get bad games.

[@blackshadowblackshadow7756]

Jémelin Ceste c'est le best

[@arielle5555]

Hey, why are you hating on Montreal? The "flying saucer like building" is a popular tourist destination and is definitely still in use...unlike the other examples that were given.

[@epicsimii3299]

arielle5555 Ikr. Been there recently and there's now a zoo type thing in it and a planetarium I believe. It also looks really pretty!

[@hertz_dy8268]

But the problem is the Debt that the stadium is facing... imagine 30+ years just to pay the stadium..

[@MiguelPepito-mm8lt]

Me Gusta va la playa con dimitri❤❤❤❤

[@dilan8731]

Me gusta pepito

[@MiguelPepito-mm8lt]

Hey viva Miller 😍

[@dilan8731]

Pepito mophobe was the greatest runner❤❤

[@justindelapena7977]

the problem with the Rio is first: the city is not rich.second: the government doesn't have the experience to spend and build hundreds of buldings and big stadiums, they just build and build and build just for the olympics and didnt know what to do after that.third and lastly: low income or maybe no income they just spend spend and there is no money coming on them or there not enough money to reuse the stadiums. As a result the government failed a promise and didn't achieve their goal

[@justindelapena7977]

Lesson learned from olympics: pic a host country that well known to be rich and for brazil check your economic status first before supporting an event like this

[@b14salvadicomarkarthore.20]

I do not want my county to be host That olympics

[@kiriltsankov5491]

Is it just me or does this narrator sound like a robot? :D there's a pause between every word in a sentence. I. see. your. point. sir. but.why. so. timid. :D

[@haroon23tt55]

0:52. I swear Beijing 2008 was the most expensive

[@themagicgames3210]

Haroon Aseen at 0:52. You saw Londons olympic games👍🏻

[@haroon23tt55]

TheMagicGames no I mean Beijing 2008 cost $40 billion whereas London cost $20 billion. Beijing was more wxpensive

[@themagicgames3210]

Haroon Aseen oh sorry🤦🏻‍♂️😅

[@haroon23tt55]

TheMagicGames it’s fine.

[@nevilleanitelea1372]

That games should of been illegal… the number of people who died getting their stadium built… what deaths you say… thank you Chinese Government controlled news. Lol

[@SubhamChatterjee]

I thought that the person at the beginning is Naby Keita,just visited London after signing for Liverpool !

[@thelorddoctor1519]

Wdym the most expensive olympics ever? Bejing costed about double

[@nickyoung630]

I think Tampa would be great for the Olympics, we already have the Channelside district and the Old Water Street project with tons of new apartments they could use for housing for the athletes during the games, Amalie Arena could be demolished to build the stadium, Channelside has tons of shops and restaurants with lots more always being announced. Tampa 2023?

[@andironaldomarbun2336]

There's no Olympic in 2023

[@bgdrewsif]

Tampa was originally interested in bidding for the 2012 games and was one of several US cities petitioning the US olympic committee to be the US candidate to bid for those games... as I recall Cincinnatti, Washington DC, Houston, Boston, and a couple of others were vying for it by New York City was selected and their bid was a mess that fell apart towards the end and the only real contenders were London and Paris with Madrid a distant third.

[@jimbo6059]

Beijing was much more expensive than London, and lost a lot more. The same with Rio we Janeiro.

[@justindelapena7977]

and organizers must not broke a promise

[@WDI2008]

Los Angeles 2028 Summer Olympic Games!

[@nevilleanitelea1372]

Nah babyyyyyyy here come the AUSSIES… we’ll win it… let’s just say the world is not over the massive amount of nut jobs still left in your country and government - clean up on aisle 45 please! SAY IT WITH ME HERE COMES BRISBANE! You know when we go for it, Aussies win it.

[@pubgmtutorials6020]

@@nevilleanitelea1372 wtf... What are you saying 🤣

[@pubgmtutorials6020]

LA will host Olympics in 2028.

[@blackshadowblackshadow7756]

Feuklé Nouar 🧕🥷🧕🥷🧕🥷🧕🥷

[@robw7676]

The most expensive... ...and the best 😉

[@northlondonaquatics5229]

And yet over 10,000 residents were ignored when trying to save the only deep water pool in @ - a UNIQUE pool with a moveable floor, five metre diving platform and home to seven aquatic fitness and therapy groups, scuba, water polo, synchro, dive lessons, public diving and an award winning dive squad. @BarnetCouncil spent 47 million and there is not one diving board in Barnet. In fact there is now no community pool of it's kind between East London and Luton. They have destroyed physical activity for the young and old and laughed in the face of the London 2012 Olympic legacy. WTG Barnet Council @t @ @ @ @ @ #London

[@dilan8731]

This games weren't the best, mbappé is the best

[@nevilleanitelea1372]

Looks like Australia 2028 - BRISBANE!

[@Zoigun]

Nope it's LA 2028. Brisbane 2032 maybe?