Comments by "Frank B" (@flamingfrancis) on "CNBC International" channel.

Is the Gabba not being levelled and totally rebuilt? That sort of thing is definitely NOT what happened in Sydney and later on in London (as seen in above video). Sydney Olympic Park was built on a former pit used for brickmaking, an abbatoir site and other wastelands. There are lots of parallels with the rehab of the London site later on.
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@habib6499 In what sense? Are you aware of what the Sydney facilities are being used for?
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@caydenlum The main stadium, the MCG, had been there long before the Olympics so not specifically built. Critics should know that it had been used several times a week during that season with attendances averaging over 60.000 still. The MCG remains the most attended stadium per head of population in the world.
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If you recall correctly Sydney was proposed when the Rio committee started falling apart and many venues were late in their construction. It was not only the Homebush facilities but several outer city venues such as Blacktown Olympic Park and of course, Bondi Beach.
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@kalvin1123 "Los Angeles 1984 was the most successful Olympics" A man named Juan Antonio Samaranch, a Spaniard who was the head of the International Olympic committee from 1980 to 2001 and oversaw ALL of the Games in that time, expressed an opinion on what you comment on. You might like to follow up on his evaluation.
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