Once the Olympics end for a host city ... said a valuable lesson for host cities came from the Athens Games. “In today’s world (host cities) should not try to build permanent facilities ...

Los Angeles in 1984 remains the "only host city that realized a profit ... while "almost all of the facilities built for the 2004 Athens Olympics, whose costs contributed to the Greek debt crisis ...

their best performance - at the time - for several decades The Athens Olympics were meant to be a celebration of the Games' history, as the spiritual home of Olympic sport hosted the world in the ...

With Athens the glaring example, the financial costs of hosting multi-sport events, and questions around its socio-economic benefits, have resulted in fewer cities looking to host the Olympics ...

1896 Bronze medal Athens Olympic Games Medals at the Athens games were ... The United States won the most gold medals, 11, while host nation Greece won the most medals overall, 47.