Of the 15% not in use (124 venues), the IOC said 88 of them were “unbuilt” or demolished for various reasons, leaving 36 abandoned venues. Eight of those 36 venues come from one Olympic Games ...

The Olympics are revered ... once opulent Olympic venues repeatedly neglected and turned into forgotten relics once the games are over. “We've got the ruins of ancient Olympia in Greece, but ...

The Olympiaschanze ski jump, used in the 1948 Winter Olympics (known as the V Olympic Winter Games) in St. Moritz, Switzerland, was decommissioned in 2006. These were the first games to take place ...

If the same calculations were used this year, the Olympics would ... Other cities in Greece held games but the ancient Olympics were the most famous and prestigious. Nestled in a verdant valley ...

One of the oldest sports venues on the West Coast, the Coliseum was used for both the 1932 and 1984 Olympics hosted in Los Angeles. Per the LA 2028 website, it will host both the Opening Ceremony ...

In an online post, he wrote: “For all of us, the land of the Olympics, Ancient Olympia is not just ... on Tuesday and Wednesday regarding the venue decision. Although details of the event ...

People watch the official ceremony of the flame lighting for the Paris Olympics, at the Ancient Olympia site, Greece, on April 16, 2024. Officials in Ancient Olympia are protesting the decision to ...