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Re:Estimated cost of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics jumps to $6.9B by RandallBrown on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @01:39PM (#19799602)
It's not uncommon for the olympics to be profitable, especially when hosted in a city that mostly has the infrastructure in place already. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_the_Olympic_Games

LA, Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Vancouver, Calgary, London, Beijing, etc. all did quite well with the olympics in the past.

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Re:Estimated cost of 2028 Los Angeles Olympics jumps to $6.9B by mc32 on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @01:46PM (#19799698)
I see where Sochi and Beijing are listed as having made money. With the amounts spent on holding those events (dozens of billions) I’m skeptical of those claims.
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