Positive Changes for the City Hosting the Olympic Games

It is evident that hosting the Olympics games is no walk in the park. The countries trusted with this task have to spend billions to make the games a reality. Some people believe that the countries, even after spending billions of dollars benefit from the games, while others believe that the money can be spent elsewhere more efficiently. To reach a conclusion, one must study all of the different impacts in all of the different sectors the games have.

In 2016, the Olympics will be held in Rio De Janeiro. When choosing the next country to host the Olympics, Rio had one of the biggest advantages. The Olympic Games had never been held in South America. Additionally, the International Olympic Committee understood what the power of transformation of these games would mean to Rio, Brazil and South America. To the Olympic and Paralympic Movements, this decision represented the opening of a new and promising frontier, and the possibility of inspiring 65 million youths under 18 years of age in Brazil and 180 in the whole continent.

As a sporting mega-event, the Olympic Games have numerous social impacts on the people, not only on those from the host country, but on individuals all over the globe.

When a country is selected to host the Olympics, they prepare years in advance for the games. Many times new stadiums, housing complexes, and training facilities are built yet the games will only last a few weeks. Billions of dollars are poured into assembling all the necessary components for this giant event but many people argue that all the money being spent on this event could be used to better the nation. For example, when the Olympics were held in Athens, facilities were built from the ground up and looked amazing while in use. However, after the games ended, the venues were hardly used and were just a burden to the country. As a result, countless Greek citizens criticized the government for their poor use of money. To add insult to injury, the money gained from the games did not equal or surpass the money spent, resulting in more criticism from various people. Same situation with Brazil, many areas inside of this country are populated, poor, and rundown but the national government still decided to host the games. Billions of dollars were spent to ready the country instead of actually helping improve it for

Most nations are incapable and unqualified to host such a spectacle as the Olympic games. Every country and their presidents strive to mask their weaknesses and show their strength as an international power. The reasons why these peevish nations are bidding to host the Olympics are expressed through their belief and want to announce their arrival to the world stage. What they do not realize is the time and effort required into hosting such a demanding event. For example, in Rio Olympics Cause ‘Real Problems’ In Brazil, Mario Tama writes, “the popular leftist government that presided over its boom years, began to unravel, as if on cue for the big events”(Fortune International). Obviously, Brazil did not have the economic and political strength to survive hosting both the World Cup and Olympic games within two years of each other. It is imperative for the Olympic Games Board of Directors to perform better when deliberating between their choices of hosts. Most countries end of biting more than they can chew regardless of their economic

"The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that's wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us,” said John Williams, the composer for theme music for the Olympics (8). The Olympic Games are international sports festivals that began in ancient Greece. The first ancient Olympics can be traced back to 776 BC when people held this religious festival to honour Zeus, the father of all the Greek gods and goddesses. The participants were male citizens from Greece, and these athletes participated in only one event — foot race. Unfortunately, this ancient Olympics did not last forever. The first olympic in 776 BC in Olympia was an significant event

There are many mainly two positions supporting or rejecting the topic of whether the Olympics should be held, but there are actual a number of positive evidence that might teach you a few topics you may not have known about hosting of Olympics. The first source material states how hosting the Olympics will benefit any community greatly. The Second source material states that spending millions on the Olympics is a major waste of revenue. The first source has a lot of valid topics of discussion on why you should generally support the hosting of the Olympics.

So therefore where the media exposes the benefits of hosting the games such as increased investment and development, this all has to be funded through public accounts which requires reduced benefits elsewhere, or cuts in household disposable income levels.

Countries usually go all out in preparing for the Olympics, like Rio de Janeiro, who spent $20 billion. Rio spent those billions on three stadiums, loads of transportation systems, and housing such as hotels and apartments. Brazil took on debt for most of this thinking that there would

2016 has been a year of progress for politics, social movements and especially sports as this year in Rio de Janeiro athletes raining from Syria to South Sudan put together a team of refugees to compete for the first time in history. They are coming to Rio in a group of 10 with nothing but their athletic abilities and dreams for gold. Only recently were they forged after narrowing down a list of 43 athletes to compete under the Olympic flag, as they walked into the opening ceremony before Brazil near the end of the processions.

‘Bubble economy’ is the third reason of the ‘valley’ effect of post-Olympic Games. Before the Olympics, many tourists and company go into the Olympic host country to consume. They will largely promote this country 's development of the construction industry, tourism, services, retail and other industries. Especially in tourism, the Olympic Games will bring numerous tourists for host city, and these tourists will consume in the city, and these tourists need pay for food, accommodation, transport, purchase goods and souvenirs and, some companies and people also will consider purchasing real estate in the Olympic Village. However, after the end of the Olympics, these tourists will leave the Olympic host country gradually, causing tourists and consumers reduce in the Olympic host city and the economic markets shrink.

Granted that it is tedious to move the Olympic hosting site every four years, it reflects that the world is making an effort to bring people together on the same level. The excitement and anticipation of the athletes and people watching bring a similar sensation to the entire global stage. Acting as the hosting site is a once in a lifetime opportunity for not as popular countries to display their essence. A legacy can be made that can change the country forever because they were able to leave a footprint in the greatness of the world. Hosting the Olympics enhances the city reputation and image, giving it more of a reason to be a tourist attraction.

Every four years a different country hosts the Olympics. Every two years its either the Winter or Summer Olympics. It is two thousand sixteen and in August, everybody eyes are going to be glued to their televisions when Rio host the two thousand sixteen Summer Olympics in Brazil. Many cities around the world put bids in advance to hold the Olympics. The Olympics are a big deal and you have to have the resources to host it. You need to have facilities for the sports, transportation, Olympics villages for the athletes to stay, a stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies, and most of all money. Cities tend to lose money when hosting the Olympics. Sometimes the facilities they use get abandon and are never used again. They are many reasons for a city to host the Olympics, but there are three reasons to not. Reasons for not hosting it because it is expensive, there no guarantee of profits or increase tourism in the host city, and to many buildings being left abandoned

(Costa, E. F., 2002, p. 63). Currently in Brazil, there has been a shift in the economy; poverty levels and the cost of living are rising, as well as transportation costs due to the country’s elaborate spending and plans for funding for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics (Ghosh, 2013). Out cries from the citizen’s state that the Government of Brazil isn’t spending its money anymore on the areas that need it the most, but instead they focus on funding sports (Ghosh, 2013).

Higham (1999) discusses that there are numerous problems, which will be evaluated with hosting an Olympic games such as, development issues, local resident issues, short-term affects, and security issues. In terms of development issues, there is a significant cost dealing with large scale sporting events, and economic benefits are generally received more by big time business interests not the host community. So the host community doesn’t benefit as much as they potentially could by hosting the