A
sad waste of resources
Sochi
after the Olympics
26
March, 2014
The
future of the Sochi Olympic venues is unclear.
Alexander
Valov, a Russian reporter for BlogSochi, visited Sochi’s “coastal
cluster” — the group of six venues, Olympic Village, and Olympic
Park that was built from scratch on an undeveloped plot of land —
and he took some eerie photos this week.
He
called the area around the Olympic Village “Dead City.”
The
photos are a reminder that much of what was built for the Olympics
has no long-term use.
While
a few arenas and other buildings have plans going forward — the
media center is being turned into a mall! — the Russian government
is still behind schedule on post-Olympics planning.
Valov’s
photos, which we’re republishing with his permission, should serve
as a warning for what could become of the “coastal cluster.”
To
see the photos GO
HERE
Most of the times these get sold to the public in due course. As the season opens up, there should be some sales activities.
ReplyDeleteIt happened in India after the Asian and Commonwealth Games as well and became desirable addresses to live in because they we actually much better planned than the rest of the available infrastructure.
I agree that there is some hurried construction activity...consistent with most govt projects shoddy construction issues crop up everywhere, http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhnl4x_condo-owners-at-vancouver-s-former-olympic-village-launched-a-lawsuit-because-of-allegedly-shoddy-su_news .
There is much that this helps with too...having the stadiums and facilities, will bring Sochi on the Russian training map, help run regional sports meetups....in general..." If you build it, they will come" still works for most developing countries.
As a third world resident, I rather have this infrastructure available than not. The development and planning is usually of a higher quality due to the inputs and requirements of the Olympic committee. We do have to look at the issue through local lenses and I hope there will be a follow up article on what the locals feel about it.