Tag: Olympic Venues

  • Sarajevo Winter Olympic Venues 30 Years Later

    Sarajevo Winter Olympic Venues 30 Years Later

    Bringing the Olympics, Winter or Summer, to a city, creates a huge economic boom, but as we’ve seen in the past, the money spent on facilities doesn’t always make them ever lasting or even active years later, as the example of Sarajevo, the host of the 1984 Winter Olympics, clearly demonstrates.

  • Beijing Olympics Venues – Now & Then

    One of the great fears of Olympic organizers is that after all the investment and planning, everything they’ve built for the Olympics will never be used again once the two magical weeks are over. Such is the case with many of the stadiums and facilities used for the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing, with many of then not even in existence anymore.

  • The Venues of the 2012 Olympic Games in London

    We’re a few days away from the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic games in London, which will be held at the newly built Olympic Stadium, which many hope will not become what the Bird’s Nest in Beijing has become, like most of the venues from the 2008 Olympics. But there’s more to these games than just the Olympic Stadium, with 30 stadiums, arenas and others used to host the competitions and the fans.