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Originally Posted by faust
Don't tell me anyone ever comes out ahead financially from the games because that isn’t true.
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*cough* Los Angeles 1984 made $200,000,000 and essentially saved the modern Olympics after a (financially) disasterous Montreal 1976 scared away everyone else.
Besides, "ahead" is relative. Even in cases where the Games themselves didn't turn a profit, few things can boost a city's standing on the world stage quite like hosting an Olympics. Atlanta wasn't even on the map before 1996. The Olympics are also valuable from a "nation branding" perspective -- just ask China.