Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 18:12:32 -0500 (CDT)
From: Dennis Grammenos <dgrammen-AT-prairienet.org>
Subject: M-G: Olympics Question...



I was wondering whether some comrade could help me out a bit.

Now that Athens has won the dubious honor of hosting the Olympics, claims 
are being made by boosters that the Olympics --if handled by private 
enterprise and businesses-- will shower Greece with untold riches as 
millions upon millions of dollars will flow like a river through the 
country.  Most important in these claims are the expected vast 
improvements in Greece's infrastructure that will more or less propel the 
country into the status of a "real" European economy!!
The Atlanta Olympics are claimed to have left $300 million in net profit.

I seem to recall that the Atlanta Olympics were a bust and that the 
effects of the games on the region were nothing to brag about.

Does anybody have comments or a better grip  on this?


Power to the People!
Dennis


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