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[-] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Besides what Civ says, a lot of stadiums are built for a one time special event, like the olympics or some world cup.
I'm thinking about the olympic stadium of Montreal (which I think the post was about). It was built for the olympics of 76 and cost around a billion dollars at the time.
Since we don't have a baseball team anymore, it is used only once in a while for music shows, but the acoustic is horrible because it wasn't built for it. In my lifetime, I honestly never went inside for an event.
And now, the government is talking about a plan to repair it for an other billion. At this point, the only reason to keep it is because it's so old and unique. Plus, it would just costs too much to demolish it.
It does bring a bunch of tourists annually, but for local people, it's either seen as a weird relic of the past or a big scam.
Also, why can't I just be a peaceful barbarian? Why would my population need amenities anyway? And who told them what is a stadium?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

Also, why can't I just be a peaceful barbarian?

Because barbarians get crushed under the weight of civilization.

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