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A Big Change to The Olympic Games

A Big Change to The Olympic Games

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Started by Ethan Bazan 8 years, 8 months ago

The Olympic Games are very important to nations who participate in them. They are held every four years in a new location. Having the games at a new location every four years causes damage to the host city. The city has to deal with costs, infrastructure being built, and what they will do after the games are over with the stadiums. I have come up with some ideas to help make this more convenient for the Olympics Committee but, I need your help.

My first idea is if we host the games in one location for every two Olympics. This would help the city financially and economically. The city will not have to tear the buildings down after the games are over but instead refurbish the stadiums and housing every four years.

My second idea is it would be better if the Olympics had one location where it's not a home country for anyone and use that year after year. Then each country contributes for the maintenance and updates to the facilities. Even though it's hard to find a location that not one single country would have to pay, all countries would still contribute.


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Ethan Bazan · petition starter
8 years ago Featured

In the 2004 Greece Olympics, Greece nearly built two dozen facilities for the games. Neither 10 years later, the stadiums and facilities are either abandoned or rarely used. These stadiums get vandalized and are overgrown with vegetation as well. In another case the facilities such as housing and the Olympic Village get torn down or abandoned. Not just the stadiums but also the housing are most likely to get torn down. Most of the buildings that were built for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio either got torn down or abandoned by the city after the games were over with. The overall cost to the 2016 Rio Olympics was around 20 billion dollars. All of that money to just have the stadiums sit there, and not be used.

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Timothy Proffitt
8 years ago Featured

They don't tear down the buildings after the olympics either. If kept up with, they can last 20-30 years.

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Timothy Proffitt
8 years ago Featured

The olympics are to bring people together and if you would have it in the same place every year you lose that. Countries bid a lot of money just to get a chance to get it. How you would have it in a neutral country? You would like to invade somewhere.

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Keith
8 years ago

Nice

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Grace
8 years ago

Let’s gooooo!!!!

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Quiwonyen Hallowanger
8 years ago

I agree

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Michael Washington
8 years ago

Good idea

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cornel robinson
8 years ago

Yes.