Hosts' real Olympic challenge: after the games

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In this May 16, 1999 photo, an aquatics center is unveiled during a ceremony in Nagano, central Japan. The Aqua Wing Arena, which hosted the ice hockey events in the 1998 Winter Olympics, was converted into an aquatics center. In Nagano, a city with a population of just 387,000, five large structures were built for the 1998 Winter Games. They are in use, but many say the venues are too big and costly to maintain for the size of the town.

Hosts' real Olympic challenge: after the games
By SYLVIA HUI
Associated Press
February 24, 2014 Updated 14 minutes ago

LONDON — For athletes and spectators at Sochi, it's time to pack up. But for the host cities, the real challenge begins with the end of the Olympics. How do they continue to use the expensive stadiums after the party's over? What happens to the athletes' villages? What is the legacy of the games?

Here's a look at what some past Summer and Winter Games sites around the world look like post-Olympics.

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Cities covered in this article:

LONDON, 2012
VANCOUVER, 2010
BEIJING, 2008
ATHENS, 2004
SYDNEY, 2000
NAGANO, 1998
ATLANTA, 1996
ATLANTA, 1996
SARAJEVO, 1984