Going for gold
Atlanta Final cost $2bn Interesting fact: Only 100 days before the games were due to begin, critical press reported the city was still mired with construction sites. One article in the New York Times even stated: “Atlanta’s new 21-acre Centennial Park would be usable only if the International Olympic Committee added mud wrestling as […]
Atlanta
Centennial Olympic Park was built for the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics.
Final cost $2bn
Interesting fact: Only 100 days before the games were due to begin, critical press reported the city was still mired with construction sites. One article in the New York Times even stated: “Atlanta’s new 21-acre Centennial Park would be usable only if the International Olympic Committee added mud wrestling as a demonstration sport.”
Then mayor Bill Campbell was quoted as responding: “It’s all coming together very nicely… I think the city looks terrific if one can find beauty in construction cranes and renovated sidewalks and lights that haven’t been installed just yet, housing that’s almost completed. It’s very much like watching a work of art where you’re putting on the finishing touches.”
