Sydney+Olympics+2000+(Ms+Ryan)

== =**Advantages:**=

The Sydney Olympics brought many benefits to certain areas of Sydney mainly Homebush bay. The goal of the Sydney Olympics was to regenerate urban areas and to make environmental transformations. The IOC say that the Olympics should provide, “sustainable environmental legacies, such as...rehabilitated and revitalized sites, increased environmental awareness, improved environmental policies and practices, further encouragement and facilitation of strong environmental actions, technology and product development in a city, country and beyond, through the educational value of good example.” In the past Homebush bay was an industrial site that was an eyesore to Sydney's landscape. The Olympics regenerated the area by cleaning it up and making it inhabitable. In the 1990s the Newington suburb dioxin level was 6500x the safe level for humans. The Olympics meant that it became a safe area in which people can live in peace and not be in harm. Other positives that the Olympics provided were an increase in tourism. This increase in tourism provided money to the areas that people stay in and also the hotels. It also is beneficial for small businesses due to an increase in business. It also benefited the area because it raised prices of land and made the land useable for houses or commercial use. There was also money earned directly from ticked sales, TV rights and company sponsorships.

Disadvantages:

Although important, not everything about the Olympics are beneficial, there are many consequences. These consequences all fall in one of 2 categories: social and economic. For starters a majority of social issues are simply ignored during the time before, during and after the Olympics. There is clear evidence that socially vulnerable and lower income groups tend to suffer in the run-up to the Olympics. Another large thing effected it was the economy. Bob Digby said ‘The cost of the Homebush Bay clean up forced the sale of the Olympic Village housing at market rates, rather than creating a pool of affordable housing, as initially planned.’ Rent increases in the suburbs closest to the Olympic Park in Sydney were higher than elsewhere; accommodate paying backpackers instead of people who are normally housed there. Over all there are many consequences, but over all the benefits outweigh the consequences.

=Conclusion:=

All in all the Sydney Olympics was a huge success and paved the way for future Olympics and set the standard of what needed to be done in order to have a Olympics that provides a sustainable future for the country that has the honour to hold the Olympics. The benefits definitely outweighed the consequences in almost every aspect. The Olympics rejuvenated an eyesore that was on what was otherwise a beautiful landscape. It provided a much more sustainable income to poorer areas and produced more jobs and financial benefits. But possibly the largest impact was making inhabitable areas into thriving metropolises. However it made the area less accessible to less fortunate families. It erased historical landmarks and sentimental value. On a whole the Olympics and an invaluable opportunity that brings many more advantages than disadvantages.