beijing

The Montreal Games of 1976 are pretty much synonymous with economic decline following an Olympics bust. Budgets spiraled out of handle, and debts related to the games ballooned. The major Olympic stadium, with an estimated budget of $250 million at the time, ended up costing $1.4 billion and took until 2006—30 years later—to be completely paid off. Of all the events, women’s gymnastics is projected to be the most common with American viewers. Zeta International predicted 33% of the folks interested in the Olympics would be focusing on that competition. The Youth Olympics uses an offset two-lane/4-year schedule comparable to...