The venue from £28BILLION Beijing Games used as a vegetable patch, crumbling hotels in Sarajevo and Rio de Janeiro's eerie empty arenas - the shameful abandonment of Olympics sites
Now that the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics is over, attention turns to the Games' legacy. But history is littered with examples of millions being spent to host the summer or winter Games, only for the stadiums, courts and Olympic villages to fall into disrepair. Berlin - 1936The Olympic village for the Berlin Games back in 1936 was home to 5,000 athletes but is now eerily empty. Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, hosted the Winter Olympics 42 years ago. Sarajevo was the first Winter Olympics held in a soviet country at the time and the difference in the images of the competition during peace time and the aftermath is stark.
Source: Daily Mail March 01, 2026 12:58 UTC
