“Everything in Athens is probably a good example. Any time when there really isn't a need for these facilities in these cities, but they get built anyway for the games, everybody has kind of wishful thinking about what the afterlife of these spaces is going to be. If there is not demand for it before the Olympics, there's probably not going to be demand for it afterwards.” IfsThinkingNeedsKindGamesSpaceCitiesExampleDemandBuiltAfterlifeOlympicsFacilityWishful ThinkingGood ExamplesAthens Author:Gary Hustwit
“Beijing is an example of [families were displaced for the Olympics]. Something like 10,000 families were moved out.” ExampleMovedOlympicsBeijing Author:Gary Hustwit
“Smaller cities, places like Sarajevo, for example, even amid all that destruction there's still so much pride that the [Olympic] games were there and that they did it.” StillsGamesCitiesExamplePrideDestructionOlympic Games Author:Gary Hustwit
