1. O-limpics Positives and negatives

2. Text 1: Positives The cities conduct “opinion polls” to see if the people of the city are in favor of the games

3. Text 1: Negatives Staging… represent a long and expensive commitment… Not everyone is consulted There is limited consultation-the concerns of the city and the best interest of the country outweigh “local concerns” The actual cost of holding the Olympics is disguised by the host city/It is virtually impossible to know the true cost of hosting the Olympics Often the cities’ promise to communities are not kept

4. Text 2: Positive Jobs is jobs, yo. 18,000 (in Atlanta) or 100,000 extra people (as in Syndney) are still extra people in the city Even if the job is low paying and temporary-it’s still a damn job-good experience for young people. Middle class, politicians, and investors all benefit.

5. Text 2: Negative Jobs are only temporary Short, sweet, and low skilled Benefit to tourism, badly compensated and temporary The cities poor become poorer as a result. Increase in crime Acquisition of bad reputation

6. Text 3: Positive

7. Text 3-Negative While Olympics generate 5-6 Billion in revenues, host cities pay from 16-40 billion in preparation to host the Olympics While some say that the Olympics leads to a rise in tourism, experts question what real impact this tourism has on a host city Tourists who would normally stay in a host city will not stay if Olympics are occurring that year-therefore, it would actually deter some tourists due to overcrowding Cities don’t actually need to use the Olympics as an incentive to invest in infrastructure and promote travel, they can invest money in those ventures anyway in order to increase tourism and to benefit people who already live in the city