2016 Rio Olympic Sites, Six Months Later: Abandoned, Looted and Neglected February 15, 2017 Via Bored Panda A mere six months after the torch was snuffed, the Brazilian Olympic sites that once hosted scores of locals, tourists, and athletes in a global celebration of athleticism and ...
The article reports that the architecture charity Article 25 intends to convert the fabric used to wrap the Olympic Stadium in London into a pavilion structure for a school in Uganda and hopes the design could later be used in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is noted that the fabric was created...
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Rio de Janeiro city officials have been forced to temporarily close the stadium which will host the athletics competitions at the 2016 Olympics because of structural problems with its roof. Article content Authorities said Tuesday that the Joao Havelange Stadium, kno...
withdrew their support, leaving the event with fewer corporate backers. Some contractors involved in building the Olympic venues raised construction costs under the pretext of \"design changes,\" pushing the price of the new National Stadium to astronomical levels. The cost of steel alone increased ...
While 15 of the original 27 venues have hosted some sort of event since the Games, others sit largely abandoned, their decay and disrepair a constant reminder of what was meant to be. Even the iconic soccer stadium, the Maracanã, has been vandalized, and had its power shut off completely...
The President of Brazil’s Olympic Committee called the planned stadium the most modern stadium in all of Latin America. Construction will cost 50-million euros. Track and field and the soccer tournament will take place at the new stadium. The opening and closing ceremonies will be at the Marc...
As for the Olympics venues themselves, they’re still there, and that wasn’t the plan. As ofthe end of November,the main Olympic Park has been empty, with debris still strewn about as if the park was abandoned, clearly not ready to host more events any time soon. The plans to re-...
“So the site won’t be abandoned,” he says, “but what might have been a 15-year plan may take 20 or 25 years.” Iseli says that is the kind of thing that’s wearing down the optimism of Brazilian citizens about the Games. ...
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