Comments on: Past Olympic Venues: What Are They Now?

By: Tristan

Tristan — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:24:28 +0000

It should probably be noted that we _just_ finished paying off the montreal games.

boo-urns i say.

By: Jim McDish

Jim McDish — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:19:26 +0000

Dude, that makes perfect sense to me yo. Nicely written.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:45:38 +0000

The venue in which Katarina Witt won her gold medal during the 1984 winter Olympics in Sarajevo was destroyed during the war. She dedicated a very moving program to “Where Have All The Flowers Gone” to the city of Sarajevo for the memories she had of the city.

By: Jere

Jere — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:12:03 +0000

Those Expos home games weren’t so miserable in the late 70’s and early 80’s when their attendance was in the middle of the pack for the NL. And don’t forget that Montreal was the best team in baseball in 1994 before the strike ended the season.

The misery you’re referring to was primarily post-strike, leading up to the MLB ownership and threats of contraction.

By: PointSpecial

PointSpecial — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:50:19 +0000

I played basketball in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic basketball stadium 4 years ago. Not sure what else they use it for… it’s a rather large building without a huge amount of seating.

… One of my teammates also checked out the Olympic pool, much to the distain of one of the heavily armed Mexican policemen who was trying to get him to stop. It was a bit tenuous for a few minutes there… but they played it off like there was a language barrier, and as soon as my teammate got out of the pool, the policeman looked relieved… I think HE may have gotten in more trouble for someone being in the pool than the person who actually did it!