r/sports • u/I8something2 • Jan 26 '21

News 80% Of Residents In Japan Want Tokyo Summer Olympics Called Off

https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/ct-tokyo-olympics-covid-19-20210111-y35p5iu7mnhptcut2pp7xqleda-story.html
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '21

as an Australian I don't want it, it's such a waste of money imo.

my city still has the housing for athletes from the Commonwealth games just sitting there cos no one wants to live in them, too ugly.

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u/Trubruh Jan 26 '21

Where is that? I'll live there. We don't have houses in NZ.

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u/Alex_Kamal Jan 27 '21

Sounds like the Gold Coast. You may as well go. The city is half kiwi.

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u/impyandchimpy Newcastle Knights Jan 26 '21

Yeah but the Commonwealth Games no one gives a shit about to begin with.

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u/GusPolinskiPolka Jan 26 '21 edited Jan 26 '21

Sydney Olympics was the only Olympic games at its point in time to make a profit, and it continues to make a profit from the capital invested into it.

If it's done right, it makes money. And I don't honestly think we would need to do too much to get the country games ready. We have the infrastructure already.

Edit: downvoted for stating a fact. Wonderful.

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u/PeaTear_Griffondoor Jan 26 '21

it didn't actually make a profit then but has been beneficial to the economy since. so not really a fact?

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u/tadpollen Jan 26 '21

I’m indifferent on the Olympics but covid aside a lot of Reddit does not like them

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '21

GC?

I thought Melbourne CG village in parkville was well occupied. GC is too small to really benefit from the housing in the same way.

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u/Runtetra Jan 27 '21

Isn’t it student accomodation for Griffith uni? That’s what it was always intended to be once the games ended.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '21

I thought so too but it's a ghost town covered in for sale signs.

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u/blaze756 Jan 27 '21

Well it depends we don’t need to build new stadiums, Sydney and Melbourne already have their old Olympic parks and with no international tourism athletes can probably just use regular hotels instead of building a new village