I read the same. Upwards of 80% of the Japanese people, and most local government officials, were against having the Olympics at one point.
I think the people that profit are the rights holders, people that profit from TV, and so on. I imagine there were quite a few under-the-table payments made and bribes and such as well. I don't think many storefronts profited from this like they usually do, like vendors and stuff.
As for hosting, I don't know...would it be terrible to just have it in Greece every time? The kind of infrastructure needed for the Olympics warrants a permanent setup in my opinion; if they want to have it in Greece for tradition's sake and then maybe invite a country to put it on and share in the revenue (maybe make it a non-profit charitable thing), that might be the way to go? Idunno just brainstorming a bit.
This why recent events that forced the IOC to checkmark bidding country economy and sustainability is great news. Probably will cost those IOC mafias billions out of kickbacks and bribe but who cares about them, its the citizens tax money that will be saved from mismanagement and cost overruns hosting the olympics. Countries or cities already with great facilities and rich like London, Paris, New York, Munich, Madrid and now Tokyo (as well as few others I missed) should just rotate amongs them to host the olympics.
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