Inside Abandoned Olympic Buildings Around The World

Nothing quite captures the imagination like the Olympic games. There is just something about these incredible competitions that taps into the human spirits, and globally, people are drawn in to the storylines, the triumphs, the heartbreak, and of course, the smashing of world records. There’s a reason that over 3.2 billion people will tune in and cheer on not only these amazing athletes from the sports that they love, but any and all competitors that represent the countries that they live in. It’s a beautiful thing, and countries spend a fortune getting their cities up to snuff to make sure that their Olympics is the most impressive Olympics yet. But here’s the underside that no one ever seems to talk about. The fate of all these structures years after the games have concluded. See, the truth is, unfortunately theres not much of a market for a state of the art Kayaking facility, or a multi million dollar olympic sized swimming pool after the games have come and gone. And the fate of these one majestic venues is the same across the globe. They are left to rot. Today we are taking a look at many of these abandoned Olympic buildings that can be found all around the world. It’s a shame too, as many of these structures were top of the line when they were first built. But if you don’t use it, you lose it. And that certainly seems to be the case with what we are about to show you today.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:43 How much is spent at the games?
02:27 Atlanta
03:18 Berlin
03:52 London
04:33 Beijing
05:34 Athens
06:42 Sochi
07:02 Sarajevo
07:34 Turin
08:11 Rio De Janeiro

[koleparrott]

The Olympic village in Stratford London is in full use, the athletes accommodation is now public housing and the stadium is now used by West Ham United football club. They also turned the whole area into an amazing city park 👍🏼

[alexspk]

Poor research. Some of the building images portrayed as abandoned are actually images while under constructions.

[JoshWaller]

You forgot to mention how London has a thing called the London Legacy Development Corporation which was created to ensure the preservation and legacy of the games/venues. Not one building from London 2012 has been abandoned, all reused/repurposed/rebuilt.

[andreang]

I’m proud to say that all the Olympic stadiums, training facilities and villages built for the 1968 Olympics in Mexico are still fully used today. I have trained in many of them and they’re in great conditions.

[adampalmer]

He didn’t tell the truth with Atlanta. Atlanta uses every venue that was used in the Olympics still up to today but Fulton County Stadium was already planned to be demolished after the games because the Braves were moving in Turner Field! 💯

[qbanz]

They should just make one neutral city for the olympics, this is such a waste

[not_real]

*Olympic abandon buildings*


Homeless: "I live in a 12 million dollar building" 😃

[boopbleepbloop]

The London one is a complete lie, I live literally 20 mins from there and I know it is in full use, and the stadium and the area around it has turned into a great public park.

[mohammedjakhirhussain]

I would love to hangout in these abandoned building it's fun you know

[blueporter]

You have no clue what you’re talking about!! Have you actually been to London to see the Olympic Park and village? It’s in complete use and has been pretty much since the games ended - and it’s a beautiful area. I’ve no idea what the pictures you showed were of, but they certainly weren’t the Olympic Park in London! You should be ashamed of yourself - get your facts straight.

[gkeith]

Makes no sense at all not to utilize the living quarters for the people. Shame...

I’m an Aussie and I have to say this video makes me glad that most of the venues from the Sydney Olympics that took place back in 2000 are still being used for example the Olympic stadium where the track and field events took place is still being used and the aquatic centre where the swimming and diving events took place is still being used it’s now a public aquatic centre anyone can use it in other words you can actually swim in the same pool where the swimming events took place

[pramveerparmar]

It’s worst to see that we humans don’t respect anything once we’re done with it

[igorglino]

The Olympic park in Rio was actually being heavily used before the pandemic. It was the main complex for entertainment shows and concerts.

[alexandresantiago]

Maracanã Stadium in Brazil is functioning pretty well and It's used for football competitions normally. Not falling apart like sounded in the video.

[TheHzh]

4:39 The two main buildings of Beijing 2008, Bird’s nest and Water cube are in full use til today. Bird’s nest routinely run concerts and Water cube is now a water park for everyone to enjoy. The Olympic village where athletes stayed have is now being used as a budget rental apartment.

[Kobbz-nz]

Do a video of Olympic venues that have been reused as something else or still used today for events etc

[mattkyne]

Every single building that was built for Sydney 2000 till to this date are been used well done Australia bring on Brisbane 2032 as we know how to do it 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[wergd]

The Sochi facilities are being kept in fantastic condition - the photo shown in the video is of the complex UNDER CONSTRUCTION! I visited the place a week ago and it looked nothing like in the video! Very poor research!

[mathreisky]

Maracanã is still being used by teams like Flamengo and Fluminense... it doesn’t look abandoned at all