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Offline Conan The Librarian

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Olympic madness!
« on: February 04, 2014, 05:13:18 AM »
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-04/how-to-avoid-the-next-sochi.html
 
Fifty billion dollars for one throw-away winter olympic site? Wuh?!?  What a waste!
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Re: Olympic madness!
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2014, 06:10:28 AM »
Not so if you count the political gains/points  to be made.
The same incidentally for China.
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Re: Olympic madness!
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2014, 06:33:58 AM »
It is a very expensive distraction.  I wonder what the cost per athlete is.
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Re: Olympic madness!
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2014, 11:02:14 AM »
I say get rid of the lieing, false, crooked, politically motivated olympics and use the money for better things.
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Re: Olympic madness!
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2014, 03:35:33 AM »
I wouldn't have any problem at all with them par it back to about 10% of what it has become.
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Re: Olympic madness!
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2014, 04:50:39 AM »
I would be really interested to know what the costs and benefits are to the countries that hold the olympics. $50 billion is a lot of money to recover. There is a limited number of people who can attend, so that is probably a small fraction of revenue for the games. Advertising and promotions? I have a hard time believing it's anything but a net loss.
 
It's like funding a war or a space program.
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Re: Olympic madness!
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