Photographs taken around Athens 10 years after the 2004 Olympic Games show a significant number of abandoned Olympic sites, ...

Olympic host cities go big when the Games are in town. From stadiums to villages and everything else, the cost of hosting adds up. But after just a few weeks of competition, the entire city is emptied ...

The 2026 Winter Olympics are about to kick off in Milan. Sometimes cities successfully repurpose parts of their Olympic set-ups, like in Montreal. But oftentimes, these giant investments are torn down ...

Olympic host cities spend big on infrastructure, stadiums and villages. But what happens when the Games leave town? In some cases, these world-class facilities are left unused years after medals are ...

It can be an expensive — and potentially damaging — undertaking for a country to host the Olympics. This year's games in Italy are costing just $1.6 billion, Reuters reported. While that's nothing to ...