Go for Gold: Abandoned Olympic Venues
| January 8, 2018
Winter Olympics Bobsled Track – Sarajevo
Sarajevo spent a ton of money building a bobsled track in preparation for the 1984 Winter Olympics. At the time, it cost $563 million Yugoslav dinar, which roughly works out to about … $0 USD because the currency is no longer in circulation. It served its purpose well, hosting luge and bobsled spectators. But then the Balkans War ravaged the region and Sarajevo’s bobsled track in turn.
As it stands today, the portions of the track that didn’t get destroyed by the war are covered in graffiti. Though its Olympic hosting days are long gone, the track makes for a very interesting (and sobering) stop for the adventurous site-seer.
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