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Article: As Olympic glow fades, Athens questions $15 billion cost.(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- July 21, 2008
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Byline: Nicole Itano Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
ATHENS -- Sprinklers still keep the grass at Greece's Olympic softball stadium green. But four years after the 2004 Games, it sits unused in the middle of a vast, empty parking lot, patrolled by police vehicles.
As Beijing gears up for the most expensive Olympics in history - in the neighborhood of $40 billion - Athens is looking back at the legacy of its Games. The smallest country ever to host the modern event, Greece was proud to have pulled it off despite widespread skepticism. But while the event gave a morale boost to the Olympics' birthplace, many say Athens has failed to ...