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What Abandoned Olympic Venues From Around The World Look Like Today

The ski jump through a broken window.

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The Olympic rings on a tower above what used to be the figure skating arena.

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This is what’s left of the figure skating facility, Zetra Hall.

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Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics in 1996. The Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was used for baseball but was demolished in 1997. Space was turned into 4,000 parking spaces.

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The cauldron was moved from Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Stadium when the stadium was renamed Turner Field and repurposed for the Braves. The cauldron now sits idly overlooking a highway, and Turner Field will be demolished in 2017.

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Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, a will host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

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A sign from the area where the baseball stadium once stood.

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A stray dog on a field that was once inside the baseball stadium.

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A make-shift broom lying in what was once an Olympic “green area.”

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Tourists stand to take pictures next to the rings in a former “green area” from the Olympics.

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The parking lot for the cycling stadium is now used for driving tests.

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