# Way OT a positive Olympics story **URL:** \ **Category:** Macro Economic Trends and Risks\ **Created:** [August 1, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/way-ot-a-positive-olympics-story/107620 "2024-08-01T16:14:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rainphakir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/rainphakir/32/1497_2.png) [@rainphakir](https://discussion.fool.com/u/rainphakir)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/way-ot-a-positive-olympics-story/107620/1 "2024-08-01T16:14:53Z")
So far the only “stories” about the French management of the Olympics, have been negative. Finally! A positive story: Nothing could go wrong: The story behind the Paris Olympics cauldron balloon [https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-torch-cauldron-balloon-f0a78e7efa4669f35b0c6282e1af62bf?taid=66aa9c74052f330001d8bbe5&utm\_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm\_medium=AP&utm\_source=Twitter](https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-torch-cauldron-balloon-f0a78e7efa4669f35b0c6282e1af62bf?taid=66aa9c74052f330001d8bbe5&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter) It’s so popular that Parisians want to make it a permanent attraction. It used water and lights to simulate “flames”. Fascinating. The French do good torches. 🗽 ralph ---
**Author:** ![GDavenport](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/gdavenport/32/37810_2.png) [@GDavenport](https://discussion.fool.com/u/GDavenport)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/way-ot-a-positive-olympics-story/107620/2 "2024-08-01T16:43:41Z")
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**Author:** ![captainccs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/captainccs/32/3775_2.png) [@captainccs](https://discussion.fool.com/u/captainccs)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/way-ot-a-positive-olympics-story/107620/3 "2024-08-01T19:15:15Z")
> [@rainphakir](#): > > Nothing could go wrong: The story behind the Paris Olympics cauldron balloon There is an annual holiday in Portugal, the night of 23 June, when they launch paper hot air balloons, sky lanterns. ![skylanterns](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/original/3X/b/4/b4b4e2f1f64b630ac1f9316067ad81020533089c.jpeg) > **[Reverie (DigitalRevvi) (@digitalrevvi) on Threads](https://www.threads.net/@digitalrevvi/post/C8j_ZlkI2JZ)** > > Night of S. João 🎆 > Tonight is São João in many areas of Portugal! A midsummer festival especially important in Porto 😊 > Picture fireworks and lanterns covering the night sky, people dancing in the streets, and sardines sizzling on grills. > You just... The Captain ---
**Author:** ![flyerboys](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/flyerboys/32/2123_2.png) [@flyerboys](https://discussion.fool.com/u/flyerboys)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/way-ot-a-positive-olympics-story/107620/4 "2024-08-02T03:31:51Z")
> [@captainccs](#): > > [Reverie (DigitalRevvi) (@digitalrevvi) on Threads](https://www.threads.net/@digitalrevvi/post/C8j_ZlkI2JZ) Carefully lovingly copied by Disney as the crux fall in love scene of the gorgeous animated film _Tangled_ [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/original/3X/1/7/176e65f5e55e4ac792c16a2f892988cc2d0b51ef.jpeg "Tangled - I See the Light (Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34TmYOLK0Xs) d fb ---
**Author:** ![PucksFool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/pucksfool/32/47955_2.png) [@PucksFool](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PucksFool)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/way-ot-a-positive-olympics-story/107620/5 "2024-08-04T12:19:32Z")
I was listening to the Slate Money podcast yesterday and they talked about the way the French built many of the venues. Instead of spending billions on special purpose facilities that are largely underused after the games, they opted for temporary facilities in public spaces. Much of the seating will become construction scaffolding and sent all over France. They chose to build some venues in areas where they had planned to be build them in the future. Another interesting thing they mentioned was that the mapping software we all use, Google Maps or Apple Maps or whatever, may not give the tourists the shortest route to their venue but will give them one that will place less stress on the transit system. The reasoning for this is that the residents will know the shortest ways to get to the places they need to go and the added tourist load will be lighter than it might otherwise be. It was a good episode. ---
**Author:** ![DrBob2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/drbob2/32/3456_2.png) [@DrBob2](https://discussion.fool.com/u/DrBob2)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/way-ot-a-positive-olympics-story/107620/6 "2024-08-04T12:28:10Z")
> [@PucksFool](#): > > Instead of spending billions on special purpose facilities that are largely underused after the games, they opted for temporary facilities in public spaces. Reminds me of the great White City – the Chicago Columbian Exibition of 1893 planned by Daniel Burnham. 26 million visitors and it actually turned a profit. DB2 ---
**Author:** ![PucksFool](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/pucksfool/32/47955_2.png) [@PucksFool](https://discussion.fool.com/u/PucksFool)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/way-ot-a-positive-olympics-story/107620/7 "2024-08-04T21:43:09Z")
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