# Are the Olympics in Brazil actually going to be a disaster? Or are people trying to sell clicks? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-olympics-in-brazil-actually-going-to-be-a-disaster-or-are-people-trying-to-sell-clicks/757919 "2016-06-20T21:10:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-olympics-in-brazil-actually-going-to-be-a-disaster-or-are-people-trying-to-sell-clicks/757919/41 "2016-06-23T19:42:53Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > I think they should just build a permanent olympic site and keep it there. Preferable in Greece since they started it. > > In the off years they can hold many other major world sporting championships there. I agree with this. Alternatively, just use cities with existing facilities, rather than using the Olympics as a promise of come-uppance on the world stage. Some countries and cities are just better equipped to handle an event like this, and others not. It seems so wasteful to build all these future ghost-cities in the middle of no where (Sochi), or in a city that has no business hosting since they have so little existing infrastructure (Rio). Also, who says it has to be hosted in one city, how about expanding to a region or state that may already possess most of the needed facilities (e.g. Northern California)? For the worst case scenario of what can go wrong with an Olympic venue after the games are over - Sarajevo. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-olympics-in-brazil-actually-going-to-be-a-disaster-or-are-people-trying-to-sell-clicks/757919/42 "2016-06-23T20:38:17Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Three big reasons why it would be different that I can think of. > > 1. We are not just talking about soccer stadiums which I’m guessing get a lot of use in Brasil. There are multiple venue types that had construction delays. > > 2. Shit water. The World Cup didn’t have any matches that were played in water used to dump raw sewage. > > 3. Zika. [The soccer stadiums built for the World Cup are falling apart from lack of use and will probably never pay off.](http://www.businessinsider.com/brazil-world-cup-stadium-white-elephants-2015-1) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-olympics-in-brazil-actually-going-to-be-a-disaster-or-are-people-trying-to-sell-clicks/757919/43 "2016-06-30T21:19:36Z")
[Rio’s horror week: Body parts wash up near Olympics beach volleyball site](http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/americas/rio-olympics-body-parts-found/) 35 days to go! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-olympics-in-brazil-actually-going-to-be-a-disaster-or-are-people-trying-to-sell-clicks/757919/44 "2016-06-30T21:25:35Z")
A lot of [golfers](http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/06/olympic-zika-jason-day/489113/) are opting out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-olympics-in-brazil-actually-going-to-be-a-disaster-or-are-people-trying-to-sell-clicks/757919.md?page=2)