Abandoned Athens Olympic 2004 venues, 10 years on – in pictures - The Guardian

On 13 August 2004, the Olympic Games came home to Greece for
the XXVIII Olympiad at an estimated cost of approximately €9bn!
A decade after the sporting extravaganza,
many of its once-gleaming Olympic venues now lie abandoned.
For many Greeks who swelled with pride at the time,
the Games are now a source of anger 
as the country struggles through a six-year depression,
record unemployment, homelessness and poverty,
with many questioning how the nation has benefited from
the multi-billion-dollar event?!

@ Steven Bloor

Wed 13 Aug 2014 17.52 BST