Question

The Article states:

Athens, Greece, hosted the Olympics in 2004. Now its pools sit empty. Baseball fields are grown over with weeds. PyeongChang, South Korea, hosted the 2018 Winter Olympics. The city built a $110 million Olympic stadium. Afterward, city officials knocked it down. They didn't want to pay for its upkeep.


Why did the author include this passage?


To describe how Winter Olympics do not have many fans
To show that more people will visit host cities
To explain how host cities have stadiums they will not use again
To argue that Winter Olympics cost too much money to host

Answer 1

To explain how host cities have stadiums they will not use again. The passage gives examples of Olympic facilities left unused or demolished after the Games.