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Re:Post-Olympic Abandonment by johannes1234321 on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:20AM (#13704693)
Munich 1972 is relatively successful in it's afterlife: * The Olympic village is rented out, among other things with relatively cheap apartments for students * The Olympic Stadium serves as stadium for FC Bayern and TSV 1860 football (soccer) clubs till 2002 and in summer for open air concerts, in recent years there also had been "fun sport" events and track&field competiotions * The Olympic swimming arena is a busy public bath (one rare chance to swim Olympic distances, most other pools are shorter) * The Olympic hall is used for trade fair events, bicycle races, share holder meetings, concerts, ... and is quite well booked * The canoeing tracks etc. are still in use by clubs * The horse riding arena is still used * The Olympic park is a popular place to hang out * For the bicycle racing area there had been different attempts for a use but they failed * There is a small train station with some tracks which wasn't used since 1972 (or maybe since football (soccer) world championship 1974?) this is supposed to become a cycling path "soon"
Re:Post-Olympic Abandonment by arrrg on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @08:19AM (#13705214)
Our first stop in Munich was the Olympic Park and we were quite surprised how beautiful and alive the place was.

Entering the swimming hall we immediately wanted to go swimming (but sadly didn’t have the proper gear with us). When you enter the hall you overlook the Olympic pool (there is no wall or glass separating you from the noise and the smell) and that’s very tempting.

If you visit Munich I would recommend visiting the Olympic Park, but do bring you bathing things, just in case.

Re:Post-Olympic Abandonment by rangibaby on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @08:21AM (#13705227)
The Munich olympics were also a great chance for the great graphic designers of the time to show off their system. The event icons lasted for many olympics after.
Re:Post-Olympic Abandonment by kiesel on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:26AM (#13704955)
Plus, the press center tower now serves several companies as offices (with a very nice view from the top onto the Olympic park with the stadium).