Why the Sydney Opera House Wasted Millions

Here are the biggest budget overruns in construction. We take a look at megaprojects that have massively increased their costs and see if there were good reasons for this or if money was wasted. For more skyscraper & megaproject content be sure to subscribe to Top Luxury. Thanks for watching this video: These Megaprojects Wasted Billions

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0:00 Intro
0:40 Sydney Opera House
4:46 Montreal Olympic Stadium
8:02 Three Gorges Dam
11:03 High Speed 2 Railway

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[MegaBuildsYT]

Which of these megaprojects wasted money, and which didn't? What do you think?✍😄

[Peleski]

The Sydney Opera House may have blown the budget, but it's still much loved, iconic and frequently used. Can't say the same for most bloated, impractical, single use Olympic facilities.

[edvaira]

Californias High Speed Railway—“ We are $35 billion over budget and 10 years late…..”
Britains High Speed Railway —-“Hold my Guiness!”

[fredflintstoner]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !"
Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ."
Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

[Sycoinc]

Good old Australia, all our major projects are majorly over budget and late by a decade or few

[stefanschneider]

As a swiss I always enjoy pointing at the two tunnels under the alps built by the end of last century: 17 billions spent, perfectly on time and almost on budget!

[deltastrike]

1:32 is New Zealand’s flag not Australia’s smh

[ilghiz]

I'd ban hosting the Olympics in my country. Waste of money. The Opera is adorable and it paid off. The dam, I hope it will stand string for centuries to come. The high-speed railway is a must. Olympic stadiums? Damn, Olympic Games gotta be banned or reorganized. Waste of resources that never pays back

[vintageradio]

The Sydney Opera House ended up in the black because it was funded from lottery revenue, not the taxpayer. There's two issues with the video though, the flag shown is the Flag of New Zealand, not the Flag of Australia. Secondly, the photo of the Commonwealth Parliament is irrelevant - the Opera House was built by the New South Wales Government.

[jaredvaughan]

It's a shame the architect was not allowed to finish the interior. Which resulted in horrible acoustics and a far less attractive space.

[allanwest]

The Sydney Opera House is worth every cent !

[yegfreethinker]

Your pronunciation of Drapeau was very good! Très bien!

[estatecentralyt]

The thing is if you're building something as big as any of these projects, *there's no way you're not gonna go over the budget.*
It happens in all parts of the world. *Maybe not in China or Japan.*

[عبدالله-نهص]

I think that the Al-Ula projects deserve to be filmed because it is the sleepy city rich in archaeological treasures, which the Al-Ula Development Authority seeks to be one of the most important ancient cities visited by tourists in the world
Among its most important projects is the establishment of an international airport + a journey through time + the development of archaeological sites + the construction of markets, hotels, hospitality services, etc..

[tonychan]

11:55 The railway going left.... You just crossed the Irish Sea into Northern Ireland before crossing it again to get in Scotland. That's physically impossible! No bridge or tunnel can ever be build over/under that sea due to its depth and the fact that tons of unused WWII bombs were dumped there after the War! Not to mention the political compilations.
This is common knowledge within the UK, and I highly doubt HS2's original plan had this in it.
But hey, I could be wrong. Please can someone provide the source of this impossible plan.

[sifridbassoon]

it's sad that Utzon never returned to Sidney.

[FamilyChannelMemes]

I can’t believe Australia spent 7 million dollars on the Sydney Opera House foundation, and 102 million on the rest!

[abrightgem]

1:31 are we not gonna talk about the flag being New Zealand’s and Not Australian?

[raygv]

California’s High Speed Rail project dwarfs the UK’s 😅

[MikeCee]

Has Utzon designed anything as noteworthy as the Sydney Opera house in his home country of Denmark or anywhere else?