A Preview of an Olympic-Sized Fiasco

[tularetom]

3. Every four years I read stories about how effed up the Olympics are going to be

And yet everybody wants to hold them in their city.

Like anything else, the Olympics have been oversold and hyped to the point where we're all sick of hearing about the games before they even start. And I'm almost sure hosting the Olympics has been a big financial loser for almost every venue.

For all the boasting Romney did about "saving the Olympics", what saved them was a massive federal bailout - basically a ginormous influx of taxpayer dollars. I suspect this is the norm.

It always seems the Olympics are on the verge of a massive disaster and yet they manage to survive. I don't get it.