While the Beijing, Athens and Sydney games relied heavily on permanent sites, 257,000 out of 745,100 seats in London’s 34 Olympics venues will be dismantled after the Games leave town, equal to the total number removed in the three previous games combined, Populous data showed. They include Rio, Sochi in Russia which is hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics, and Nanjing in China where the 2014 Youth Olympics will be held. “London is being used as a blueprint and we’re working with a number of Olympic and World Cup bidding cities or host cities to take a similar approach,” said Christopher Lee, director at architecture firm Populous, which designed the London Olympic stadium. Rio de Janeiro, which took the 2016 host baton from London in a star-studded closing ceremony on Sunday, and 2022 World Cup host Qatar are among cities taking notes from the UK capital, which held the most ‘temporary’ Olympic Games in history. LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Future host cities of the world’s biggest sporting events will look to emulate the London Olympics’ use of temporary venues and stadia as the global financial crisis heightens the danger of building expensive white elephants.
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