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Sochi Olympics 2014

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TooTallMenardo said:
Better go ahead and make Syria the location of the next Summer Games... :lol:

These organizers have no regard or concern for the fans that will be lining their pockets. It's disgusting.
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well yeah....just wait until they fully investigate how shitty the construction of the Sochi stadiums are....the Russians could give corruption lessons to Tony Soprano.
 
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I still cannot believe you're told not to flush toilet paper in Sochi, rather advised to put it in the garbage.

Maybe that's customary in Russia, since I've never been there. Seems like a weird camping trip.
 
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Actually, that is pretty common in most "non-western"/modern places, or where infrastructure just hasn't been improved. But given the price of the buildup for the Games, you would think they would have made the improvements to the sewage system. Considering how non-major Sochi was before they got the bid, I'm not surprised that their existing system couldn't handle it.

Someone with the IOC (Mark Adams) just claimed that all the hotel rooms have been finished, they're now pushing the Russians to get things working. Gee, you might usually want to have stuff like that taken care of before the international press and visitors arrive. I think Brazil is farther along, but they also have the World Cup to prep them for the building spree, so not as much to overcome, and the two cities are already gigantic with some existing infrastructure.
 
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I don't know if they have a sustainability plan, even though I thought it was mandatory now, but I look forward to seeing what happens to this Sochi area years after the Olympics.

Greece ended up in ruins. China's Bird's Nest Stadium had trouble as well.
 
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BVistahC said:
I don't know if they have a sustainability plan, even though I thought it was mandatory now, but I look forward to seeing what happens to this Sochi area years after the Olympics.

Greece ended up in ruins. China's Bird's Nest Stadium had trouble as well.
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I fully expect it to be a hotbed of UrbEx activity within 15 years, completely abandoned, with the possible exception of the amusement park next door (although I have my doubts and concerns about that as well, but that's for a different reason and discussion). Those kind of situations make a great case for continually using sites that have already hosted Olympics or have facilities that can easily be purposed for the Olympics (Salt Lake City using Utah's football stadium, for example, as the opening ceremony venue tends to see 0 use after the games due to its specialized nature, especially for the Winter Olympics). Sochi will likely return to its sleepy waterfront tourist state within a few years and the venues will be tossed aside with training returning to their usual locations.
 
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scarletmike said:
Those kind of situations make a great case for continually using sites that have already hosted Olympics or have facilities that can easily be purposed for the Olympics (Salt Lake City using Utah's football stadium, for example, as the opening ceremony venue tends to see 0 use after the games due to its specialized nature, especially for the Winter Olympics).
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Yep, pretty much everything Utah used was tied to the university or ski resorts, so they became huge upgrades for an already busy area. Other venues were temporary - the humongous medals plaza/concert venue was in the parking lot across from my office, and gone the next week.
 
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Deety said:
Yep, pretty much everything Utah used was tied to the university or ski resorts, so they became huge upgrades for an already busy area. Other venues were temporary - the humongous medals plaza/concert venue was in the parking lot across from my office, and gone the next week.
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They still have that Olympics museum at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake, which was a nice (free) way to waste time while visiting my Dad and Uncle's alma mater a few years ago. Even have an full-time Olympics historian on staff (for some reason).

Can't remember if the Olympic trolley was still operational (from downtown to the mountains/campus).
 
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BVistahC said:
They still have that Olympics museum at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake, which was a nice (free) way to waste time while visiting my Dad and Uncle's alma mater a few years ago. Even have an full-time Olympics historian on staff (for some reason).

Can't remember if the Olympic trolley was still operational (from downtown to the mountains/campus).
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Do you mean lightrail? I haven't been out there for awhile, but understand it is still doing pretty well, although those things never break even. I remember when the system first started running - performances downtown went from big ovations at the end to most of the crowd applauding while a large chunk climbed over them to made a desperate run for the train, heh.
 
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I love UrbEx places like that, but am never close to good/easy ones to explore. The ultimate UrbEx of Chernobyl is of course crazy, but man, that would be awesome. But yes, that is what Sochi is going to look like in about 25 years. Should be really interesting, though, in about 10 and then after about 30-40 years.
 
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