Olympic Venues Then And Now

Every two years the world convenes on a single city to cheer on the world s greatest athletes.

Olympic venues then and now. But when the medals have been won and the crowds have returned home olympic cities without a post event plan for sporting venues find the dust settles quickly. From an olympic standpoint the games were a success. Berlin summer and winter 1936. Stadiums were packed and the games were broadcasted in over 28 languages.

A decade later many of those once bustling venues lie abandoned. Germany has had a rough go of hosting the olympics. Unlike a lot of beijing s olympic venues which have been abandoned or fallen into disrepair the beijing national aquatic center has since been renovated and transformed into one of the coolest water parks in beijing. The venues that once dazzled audiences during the 2016 olympic games in rio de janeiro have now fallen into disrepair.

Greg baker s pictures capture the remarkable change. The venues from the rio 2016 summer olympics are already falling apart and they re not the only ones. Just six months after the summer games cnn reports that the maracanã. Overgrown with grass and sitting empty the stadium now joins the long list of wasted olympic venues.

After the races have been won and the medals handed out the city returns to its original status. Take a look at the then and now of the legacy left behind. Atlanta s olympic venues have met many different fates ranging from demolition to mlb stardom centennial olympic stadium now turner field will have hosted atlanta braves games for 20 years. Beijing china 2008 xxix summer olympic games.

It once held up to. People in the united states and europe had petitioned to boycott the games but the nazi olympic games went on as planned. Beijing hosted the 2008 summer olympic games. For many greeks who swelled with pride at the time the games are now a source of anger as the.

The venue was used to host the beach volleyball competition in 2008.