Not to forget they evicted countless people from their poor neighbourhoods to build Olympics facilities there that are now in disrepair.

It’s like throwing a huge party and no one cleans up😑

The fact that they built 31 apartment buildings that are now abandoned while at the same time evicting a whole bunch of people really makes me angry

*the rio olympics were only a year ago* me watching in 2020:

This is why the Olympics should only be hosted in countries with stable governments

They evicted people for this?😑

that is why Japan now try to organize it in a very moderate way. so, don’t judge Japan for using cardboard beds…

Olympics on a corrupted country is never a good idea.

Brazil being Brazil. No money on education and health care, lots of money to politicians and other thieves. Só sad to be Brazilian nowadays

I live in Brazil and unfortunately this is all true, the magic of the games are gone and now we have a giant waste of money during the biggest crises of our history... 😔

I really hate watching governments fail the people

Thats crazy, the Sydney Olympic is now known as Sydney Olympic Park and it holds so many things from just the causal sports on weekends, events, school events/expos and housing. Still being used to this day.

corruption is the killer of countries.

What a shame...

Those skyscrapers look really creepy. Everything is so empty, feels like a liminal space

Imagine winning the Olympics only to get a rusty medal.

We should make a wii sports resort type island for the olympics

No disrespect but the games should never have been held in rio. They weren't economically ready it was too rushed. People were evicted from their homes. A huge waste of money for a temporary event. Terrible investment nobody benefited but the evil government. Everyone saw this coming the whole thing was inevitable with a crooked government in charge

Bruh compare this to Sydney 2000, every single inch of the park is still spotlessly maintained and in use. And Bicentennial Park is still absolutely beautiful and a perfect day out.

As a brazilian, i didn't know that. So sad think that the other side of the world is having an amazing olympic with so talented people while Rio looks like a apocalypse cenary :(

Brazil: builds Stadiums nobody needs Brazil: nobody uses Stadiums Brazil: *surprised pikachu*

michael phelps won his last gold medals in pools that are now only puddles

It’s a very well known fact that countries after hosting the Olympics are worse off. Especially, if they spent millions building new buildings that will get abandoned.

Without wanting to deny the main message of the video. But let's go to the 2021 UPDATE: - The photo used of Maracanã was before the renovation. Today, the stadium is widely used for soccer and concerts. It is in perfect condition; - The Aquatic Center (which was temporary) was dismantled. The structure of the swimming pools was distributed to 6 schools in the region; - The buildings of Athletes Village are practically all occupied or sold; - The Deodoro arenas were transferred to the private sector, where events are held (including Rock in Rio); - Guanabara Bay really sucks. Its general condition has regressed since 2016, it's a shame.

Best Olympics was London 2012. The stadiums that were built for the Olympics, are still being used today.

After the 2000 olympics in Sydney, all the venues are still in use 17 years later!

I bet the homeless population would love to stay in one of those empty buildings....even without power. Like, if you're not going to turn the power on you can at least give them a safe place to sleep at night.

They should just hold the Olympics in the same stadium every time. It's too much of a waste to build all of this every four years.

It was a monumental waste of money and those apartment in the Olympic village could be homes for the poor, NOT luxury condos

Rio should’ve never been awarded the Olympics.

Doubtful that Japan's venues will end up the same way. They're usually very good at public works.

Video:“Only a year ago” KZfaq: *recommends it 3 years later*

Give the stadiums to local clubs, convert the condominiums into students accommodations and open up the parks for the public. everything doesn't have to be for profit For Fucks Sake

mario and sonic would be ashamed

This is why they should just build an island for olympics. Instead of wasting billions of dollars and years of making one just to turn into trash after the events

I'm so glad as a brit seeing this that our stadiums are still in full use, I quite often ride at Hadley mtb track, the stadium is west hams, aquatic stadium still used, apartments now used, and lee valley white water is a brilliant course still

The olympics should only be given to cities that have proven they wont waste the money, like london for example, the athletics stadium has been converted into a football stadium for west ham united, and even still gets used for athletics at times.

I will never understand why huge, elaborate structures, buildings, and facilities are always constructed solely for an event that only happens every two-four years and only lasts a week. Sure, it’s a huge, major, international event that the whole world takes part in, but again, IT ONLY LASTS A WEEK.

Exactly what happened in my country, Greece. Greek government got a huge loan to host the Olympics in Greece. Most of the money went to the pockets of the politicians and the rest of the money are the abandoned stadiums of today. This big loan is one of the many factors of the economic destruction of my country. Politicians don't give a shit about our athletes as well. None of our athletes are getting paid to prepare for the Olympics. And guess what, we are still electing the same governments who have been failing us since 1980.

Most Peruvians were afraid that this happened after the Lima 2019 Panamerican Games. Corruption also is a great issue in Peru. But it wasn't the case so far, the venues are still used, even so, during the Pandemic, most venues were used as hospitals or vaccination centers.

Why not convert the hotels into cheaps apartment.

Atlanta after the 96 games came out with no deserted venues. The main Olympic stadium was converted to a baseball stadium for the Braves and now is being converted to a football stadium for Georgia State university. The Olympic village is now housing for Georgia tech students. The Olympic pool is also used by Georgia tech. Atlanta is one of a few Olympic cities where its venues are still being used 20+ years later.

The budget we had was just enough to make Rio a metropolitan city, but not enough to maintain it If y'all don't know, almost the entire city is still in ruins 5 years after. And it will take a lot more time to recover and maybe Rio could be comparable to other big cities in a few decades

This is NOT an isolated incident. Infrastructure built during the Olympics is seldom in regular use post the event. 05 August 2021

the olympics is a terrible waste of money in most areas

Los Angeles had a way different outcome in 1984. The whole thing was profitable. The same model will be used for 2028. Don't build venues that will only be used for a few weeks and then when it's all over run away. Refurbish facilities that already exist.

All our venues in Salt Lake City are still being used from 2002. Seeing this happening in Rio is so disappointing. All the good and joy that comes with the games when they’re happening now found in disrepair. They could continue to be useful for so many. This is honestly heartbreaking to see.

This is sooo disrespectful to all of those who died building these arenas, their work is worthless in the eyes of the government 😡

That's disgusting having those homes in the athletes village lying empty while people live in horrible conditions in the favelas. After the Glasgow 2014 commonwealth games the athletes village was used for social housing

What a waste of money! So sad! Thats why these events need to be held in developed countries! Imagine if they had invested the money in food or shelter to heelp the poor brazilians!

Although facilities in many other countries are still being used without halting the places

Just hold the olympics in a whole country instead of a city. No reason they need a pool close to a soccer stadium close to a dirt bike track and all brand new. Just create new parks across the country for each venue.

Impressive. Happened the same in the Euro 2004 here in Portugal. We spent millions to build huge and modern stadiums through the country. Now most of them are abandoned.

"perhaps they were right" are you kidding? no "perhaps". they were right!

Maracanã was never abandoned, is the greatest stadium here in Brazil, holded many international shows and Copa America/Libertadores/other major football tournaments grand finals, about the other structures i have no doubt that our politicians quit as soon as they could no longer embezzle money.

Rio Olympics did the opposite of what it was intended to do - improve the perception of Brazil. It just exposed all the systemic flaws of that country. It sad that atleast for the foreseable future Olympics can only be hosted by first world countries like Japan, France and USA

The Olympics and the World Cup two useless events that didn't help the people in any shape or form.

Sydney's entire Olympic Park is still in use to this very day.

Seeing beautiful fields and stadiums abbandoned really hurts. Many sport lovers would die to be able to play in one of those.

the whole concept of 50 sports being held in a single place, in a different country every 4 years needs to change.

A giant waste of time and resources is what this is.

London did right with their stadium, I would hope Pyeongchang and Tokyo do the same

I remember when i was in Tokyo back in 2014, they were already giving out Tokyo 2020 merchandises..

I don't understand why you wouldn't convert Olympics village into an apartment complex for people who need it. And you could turn the aquatics center into a public pool. Really hope Japan planed ahead to avoid a similar situation.

Why they dont open it to public or use as training grounds for future atletes?

The Olympics should be stopped and banned, it's a huge waste of time, money, resources, and locals living in the area are the ones impacted by all this new construction, home eviction, and the aftermath of the games Either set a fix place for Olympics, where it will be played every 4 years, so no more land, money, and resources need to be wasted, or just stop building entire new freaking stadiums and villages for an event that only lasts several days

That's so cool! Imagine going to explore those sites 😍😍

This makes me tear up, imagine places where all the top athletes meet and all completed and everyone was having a great time. Now its gone

The London 2012 games was actually a saviour for Stratford which was in bad need of a regeneration project. The Olympic park is being used as West Hams (A London football team) main ground. The aquatics centre is being used as a regular swimming pool and every other major sporting ground was temporary as the planners knew that they would go un used.

corruption...

Im from Czech Republic. The capital Prague was about to candidate for future Olympics but there was a crisis occurt in 2008 so Prague decided to cancel the application. I think the crisis was a good thing in that case. Because now the Prague has just one abandoned subway station that was built near the empty area where some stadiums were planned to be built. Luckily they stopped it in time :D

A dumped couch on the beach isn’t because of the olympics … that’s just the locals.

In SOUTH AFRICA, all the soccer stadium are still looking good and used, some facilities are converted to accomodations for students, since 2010 FIFA world cup everything is still great...

If I not mistaken much of the world was saying that the Rio Olympics would be a waste of money, and they were right, no "perhaps" about it..

this is why I believe Houston should be a thought for an Olympics. almost all the facilities already exist and whatever they build will definitely be used

I like how this pops up right after my geography Teacher shared this video during lesson...hmm

Whenever an Olympics is hosted in a third world country, the government builds all of these buildings with people's money. The workers that build these buildings barely make any money (there are no labour unions in third world countries) and may even work in terrible conditions (people die building them). The Olympics brings in a lot of tourism, which means a lot of revenue, but this steady flow of revenue does not last. After the Olympics is over, most of these buildings are not maintained and are not used ever again. Did I mention that all of the revenue goes back to the corrupt government instead of the people? People that are mostly living in poverty? In Rio, they had to build a structure on a road that exits from the airport because right next to it, there are plenty of people living in shacks. Instead of knocking them all down and providing the people with a decent home, they build a fence because they are ashamed. Oh and they want people to come again, which they won't. This goes for the World Cup, the Olympics and every event like this. *We must bring an end to these atrocities once and for all.*

Damn... What the waste a money and Resources for olympic sports , why they didn't make those things into tourism after Rio Olympic ? it could make it more beautiful for the future

This is why I think there should be one location for each set of games, and all countries contribute financially for the upkeep. Less waste, less disruption to these beautiful places.

I feel like every country should put money into the buildings and accommodations, not just the host city

They even stole money from my family and i had to move after they destroyed my city and my family company R.I.P Dad

Rio has got to have been the most disgusting host city of any summer Olympics in memory.

I agree that the money invested in the event in Brazil should be better used with social policies and infrastructure, but know that the Maracanã stadium shown in the video is not the same abandoned stadium they are claiming in this article. In fact, there was poor management of the structures in the first year after the Olympics, but the spaces have been used as planned since 2018. The Maracanã Stadium in Brazil is the largest and most functional stadium in use since its construction in 1950 until today. I don't know where you got that information. It host the most football matches in Brazil and the Copa America. and the landfill has been a construction site for the future Rio F1 circuit since 2018. The Olympic park hosts major events such as rock in Rio and lollapalooza every year, 700 thousand people each day during the 7 days of the event only at rock in rio . It is far from being abandoned as stated in this article.

Athens & Rio are example of post recovery Olympics. I think the committee need to educate future host to take care everything after the event

0:46 I translated it and it says "We're in recess for pool maintenance. We will return in January

I am a Canadian and I am very proud of how the Vancouver Games of 2010 materialized. All the facilities that were built are all in use every year. Lots of the facilities that were used were preexisting and were just upgraded for the Olympics. We never spent 10's of billions of dollars for a one time use facility. I think that out of the last 20 years of olympic games Vancouver is the only one being used every year. We also have world class facilities in Edmonton from the 1988 games where all athletes from around the world come to train. The world should learn from us.

It’s sad to see such a beautiful football stadium abandoned

This music is incredible

Me: well, it's been 3 years now. How does it look? Stadium:

Everyone knew this would happen prior to the games being played there. I'm not sure what the point is to build brand new stadiums for games that last a summer. It's been shown to be a bad investment time and time again.

This is crazy.. the Montreal olympics happened in 1976 and we still use the stadiums to this day

Every country that has already hosted has the facilities- just reuse/revamp them. Many are still in use by local sporting teams etc. no need to build new shit

Put up a university next to those condos and let the students fix it up themselves to live there lol

They should just let the poor live there, have then take care of everything, in exchange for taking turns caring for the grounds. If they don't work, they get kicked out. An hour or two a day would help from each family. That way the rest of the family can work during work hours.

This is why the Olympics shouldn't be held in third world countries.

London 2012 showed how it should be done before, during and many years after. All venues still a huge success

The Olympic Games need to be adapt itself to the city,not the contrary.

Uhhhh....I think I just bought that couch off Craigslist. ....I knew that was too good to be true........not good 0:26

Coming from a country where land is a scarcity, this wastefulness of resources is really crazy.

Australia at least is still using the olympic park, in fact there are plans to refurbish the park into a new modern residential zone while keeping all the still in use facilities such as ANZ Stadium