Taking Stock In Rio 6 Months After The Olympics

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February 23, 2017

This Feb. 2, 2017 shows Maracana stadium with a dry field in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Stadium operators, the Rio state government, and Olympic organizers have fought over $1 million in unpaid electricity bills and management of the venue. (Silvia Izquierdo/AP)

Venues are falling apart and abandoned in Rio, six months after the end of the 2016 Summer Olympics. A story in USA Today this week says the Olympic Village is a ghost town. It's a budgetary blow for a city and county already struggling against financial problems.

Here & Now's Eric Westervelt (@Ericnpr) speaks with sports analyst Mike Pesca (@pescami), host of the daily podcast The Gist, about the implications for Brazil and for the future of the Olympics in other cities.

This segment aired on February 23, 2017.

Taking Stock In Rio 6 Months After The Olympics

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