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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Guys, I think we need to calm down a little... yes it's fun to rag on Vancouver, and yes there have been mistakes but that happens, it happens in every Olympics games. These huge events don't happen every two years (Summer and Winter) without one or two or several things going wrong.
Torino had major weather issues to start and several Apline events were postponed. The 2006 Torino games also had major problems with their Metro transit system, by all reports it was a complete mess and totally inadquate throughout the games, it wasn't even totally finish until almost a year AFTER the games.
Hell, the Torino games also had a major threat of Bankrupcy before they ever started...
Give Vancouver a break, these things happen... but years later all we remember is the Alexander Biladou's, The Heils, and all the events and moments and forget the crappy stuff along the way.
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I can't really atest to the metro for things in Torino as I only went to the 2 hockey venues, but the regional rail was also a disaster. The last train to MIlan (about an hour away and a city many people stayed in) was at something like 10:30. So my choice was either miss the 3rd period of a game or get blind drunk until 5am when the trains started up again. I chose the latter, the cleaning staff paid for the crap scheduling.