Having trouble believing the return on this will be positive:
The least sexy part of the Olympic process is when the games are over and giant, state-of-the-art stadiums remain standing often in sparsely populated areas with no potential tenant in site. This conundrum was highly publicized after the 2016 Games in Rio, when the Marcana stadium deteriorated into a ghost town stadium shortly after the games.
South Korean officials are determined to avoid a scenario in a the stadium serves as a physical reminder that the money invested into hosting the Games doesn't always produce a return. Their solution? Tear the thing down.
That's apparently the plan—the 35,000-seat Olympic Stadium in PyeongChang will reportedly be demolished after just four uses. The $100 million venue will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics and Paralympics before it's torn down completely, according to the Associated Press.
