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The buildings at Georgia Tech, the city's technology institute, were part of the Olympic Village. The Olympic water park is now a recreation center.
Other construction projects included the sports complex, Olympic village, TV center structure, and Olympic press center. Most of these works remain available for public use to this day.
An additional four areas of facilities for the event were interconnected by 50 km of new streets.
One of the regions that changed the most was the port region, which became a leisure and tourism center.
People can visit Montjuïc, where the stadium, museum, and the aquatic center of the Olympic park are situated.
Approximately $300 million was invested in infrastructure, money which was found to be well spent after the games.
They also constructed buildings like the hotel center of Izmailovo.
About $10 billion was spent on construction to host the Games. Now it remains uncertain on how these spaces will be used. The Barra da Tijuca Olympic Park, for example, will have much of its space used for residential and commercial developments.
Environmental plans included the treatment of sewage and decontamination of Guanabara Bay, but those plans were unsuccessful.
The decontamination and sewage treatment of the Jacarepaguá Lagoon was also a failure.
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The Stratford neighborhood has gained a more efficient transport network, having the 2nd best connected train station in Europe.
The port area of Rio de Janeiro has been revitalized for the 2016 Olympic Games.
The VLT transport system helped move people in the city during the Olympic Games and continues to transport people since they ended.
The Olympic complex in Queen Elizabeth Park has been transformed for public use after the event's end. The government maintained some attractions like the Aquatic Center, Velodrome, Stadium, Orbit Sculpture, and others.
Those Olympic structures that could not be maintained were dismantled and residential buildings were built in their place.
Brazilian officials predicted the greatest Olympic legacy for the first Olympic venue in South America. This legacy is criticized to this day.
A station with seven train lines was built to give access to the Olympic Park in Homebush Bay. Thus the city inherited a fleet of natural gas-powered buses.
The two-year project was designed to decontaminate the region's rivers and soil.
The London Olympics was responsible for the complete revitalization of the eastern part of the city, where the Stratford neighborhood is.
The ANZ Sydney stadium is now used for sporting and cultural events.
The Olympic Stadium that hosted the closing ceremony and track and field events is now Turner Field, home to the Atlanta Braves baseball team.
The city sought to be an example of sustainable alternatives to host the Olympic Games. So their legacy is based on this motto.
Approximately $6 billion was invested and the goal was urban development with the least possible negative impact. The government organized the event with the help of Greenpeace.
When a city is chosen to host the Olympic Games, locals usually react with delight to being granted the opportunity to host an event of such great size and importance. But in the long run, concern may arise regarding how much money the host city will invest in the Olympic games and what its legacy will be.
With varied projects, plans and objectives, these cities hosted the Olympic Games and invested millions or even billions of dollars in the event. The question that remains is: what was the Olympic legacy? Some have achieved very good results and reap the benefits even now. Others, however, have not been able to get their plans from paper into reality.
Check out this gallery and see the legacies of 6 Olympic host cities around the world!
The legacy of the Olympic Games in different host cities
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When a city is chosen to host the Olympic Games, locals usually react with delight to being granted the opportunity to host an event of such great size and importance. But in the long run, concern may arise regarding how much money the host city will invest in the Olympic games and what its legacy will be.
With varied projects, plans and objectives, these cities hosted the Olympic Games and invested millions or even billions of dollars in the event. The question that remains is: what was the Olympic legacy? Some have achieved very good results and reap the benefits even now. Others, however, have not been able to get their plans from paper into reality.
Check out this gallery and see the legacies of 6 Olympic host cities around the world!