Abandoned Olympic Sites That Will Make You Stop and Think (remake)

The abandoned Olympic Softball Stadium in Athens, Greece. Greece has long been criticized over the paradox of spending excessive amounts of money on the construction of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games venues and failing to utilize most of them after the games.

A view of the abandoned Athens Softball Stadium from the field.
 

With no games played since the 2004 Olympics, it's no surprise that weeds are growing in the field hockey stadium stands.

The field at the Athens Softball Stadium is no longer a field of dreams.

This was the canoe/kayak facility at the Athens Games.

An abandoned training pool at the Athens Olympic Village.

This was a platform where athletes competing in the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games received their medals. Much of the infrastructure from the games was destroyed during Bosnia's civil war in the 1990s.

The heavily damaged Sarajevo Sports Complex was put into use as a morgue during the civil war. The area around the complex became a massive graveyard.

The remnants of a ski lift station used during the 1984 Sarajevo Olympics.

An abandoned tram station located near the site of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

These decaying Olympic rings hang on a wall in an abandoned military base in Germany.

This pool was built for the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

These abandoned flats once housed Olympic athletes.

This track was used for bobsled competitions during the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic Games. During the civil war it was used as a sniper's nest.