Positives and negatives of hosting the olympics

• What does the symbol represent?

  The five rings represent the unions of the five continents
• Positives of hosting the Olympics

  - Creates jobs in bars , taxis , hotels SO IT increases economic factors

  -Tourism more people spending money in shop , restaurants SO IT increases economic factors

  -Building new facilities for the local community- legacy

  -Attract sponsors

  -Inspirational

  -Regeneration of area , new roads , tube stations , athletes village becomes housing SO IT increases economic factors
• negatives of hosting the Olympics


  - Jobs no longer exist after the games . SO IT cost the country in unemployment so a decline in economic factors

  -Displacement of people / animals to make way for new facilities

  -Building new facilities They might not be used after the games SO IT cost the country to close so decline in economic factors

  -Cost of security / policing / emergency services SO IT cost the country so a decline in economic factors

  -Local people can't afford to use facilities SO IT cost the country to close so decline in economic factors

  -Infrastructure can't cope - roads , hospitals , schools etc. So IT cost the country so decline in economic factors
• The Olympic Creed


  " The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part . Just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle . The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well . " Baron De Coubertin .