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- IOC President Thomas Bach Pays Tribute To Muhammad Ali [IOC]
- IOC Executive Board To Propose Eight New Members To Session In Rio De Janeiro [IOC]
- Exhibitions centred at Olympic Stadium mark 40 years since Montreal Games [Montreal Gazette]
- Beijing 2022 skiing and biathlon venues to be linked to high-speed railway network after extension approved [Inside the Games]
- What happened to these Olympic venues? [MMN]
- The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Might Destroy Three of Japan’s Best Waves [The Inertia]
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News roundup; This week’s topics (15/2015)
London 2012;
- In London, Games’ legacy came first – 2012 Summer Olympics transformed a downtrodden section of the city [The Boston Globe]
- Olympic Park in London to host inaugural UK Cross Golf Open [Inside the Games]
Rio 2016;
PyeongChang 2018;
Tokyo 2020;
- Tokyo turns focus to delivering `sustainable` 2020 Games [Environmental Expert]
- International Paralympic Committee end sailing’s hopes of inclusion at Tokyo 2020 following meeting with ISAF [Inside the Games]
2024 Bid;
- Paris to bid for 2024 Summer Games: city official [Reuters]
- India looks to bid for 2024 Olympics [The Indian Express]
- In Reversal, Boston 2024 Wants Vote on Olympic Bid [The New York Times]
- If 2024 Olympic Bid Is a Hot Potato, Boston Has No Appetite [The New York Times]
- How to rethink the Olympic bid for Boston’s benefit – With planning and discipline, we could create a better city for all — even if the torch never makes it here. [The Boston Globe]
International Olympic Committee;
- The Power of the Rings [IOC]
- The Rings and the National Olympic Committees: Working hand-in-hand [IOC]
- The Rings and the Games: Absorbing the host city’s culture [IOC]
Previous Games;
- Munich 1972; Short film ‘Olympiapark München’ by Spirit of Space [AotG]
- Montreal 1976; Montreal’s Olympic Stadium needs $220M facelift, government report says [CBC News]
- What the Olympics did to my city – Looking back at the legacies of Los Angeles, London, Salt Lake, and Atlanta. [The Boston Globe]
- When Denver rejected the Olympics in favour of the environment and economics [The Guardian]
Montréal 1976; Olympic Stadium
Design
Interview with the architect: (Roger Taillibert)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNjbM3_UZsk
Financial problems
When that stadium was in the planning stages, then-International Olympic President Rogi Rousseau’s projections were rosy: “The 1976 Olympic Games will be self-financing, without adding in any way to the Canadian taxpayer’s burden. Without any special subsidy of any type whatsoever.” It didn’t work out that way. The Olympic Stadium’s cost overruns were spectacularly excessive. Over the years, the building required numerous expensive repairs. The people of Montreal didn’t finish paying the bill, which climbed over $1 billion, until 2006, by which time the building had been without a regular tenant for two years. It still doesn’t have one.
Full article: Only A Game
