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@Oliver Schick
Yes, I'm not saying that Andy was surprised. I've talked to plenty of people who are, though.
It's the old concept of the travelling circus taken to an extreme. There was always a tension between circuses being resented (outsiders always had all sorts of bad things attributed to them) and people's desire to see the show.
The Olympics should build permanent, deluxe venues in one city and then hold the Olympics there at a permanent home every four years. The current method of raiding huge amounts of public funding in cities around the world to build white elephants is simply disastrous.