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Which city hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics at a cost of roughly $15 billion, with many of its venues left abandoned within a decade?
Answer
Athens
Athens hosted the 2004 Summer Olympics, spending an estimated $15 billion, and many of the purpose-built venues fell into disrepair and disuse in the years that followed.
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Athens spent approximately $15 billion hosting the 2004 Olympics and most venues sat abandoned and decaying within a decade, becoming symbols of waste.
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- Beijing
- London
- Rio de Janeiro
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- olympics
- athens
- host-cities
- 2000s
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