Rio's welcome sign -2016 Olympics

[LONDONER]

Innovative and impressive but can Brazil really afford this and will the Games be a success?

http://jimspages.com/The-Rio-Welcome-Sig...ympics.htm

[ceez]

Wow, the looks amazing.

[LONDONER]

Wow, the looks amazing.

I agree with the Ceez, I wonder how much it cost?

[LJay]

It may be used afer the event as a power plant. That would justify a lot of he cost. And with all of the other stuff it does it could be a tourist draw.

[AlohaShannon]

Wow, it's beautiful! It's evident that with each new Games the host country/city tries to exceed the glamour of the previous host.

But honestly, I don't think any open ceremony can come close to Beijing's...that one was just absolutely breath-taking, stunning, amazing, blah blah blah.

[Emiliano]

That looks really awesome, but im skeptical since it doesnt seem like theyve started construction for it yet.

[CellarDweller]

Is it real?

Why is it that one picture shows it as a wall, and another pic shows it as a "cube", with people standing on a platform?

[LONDONER]

But honestly, I don't think any open ceremony can come close to Beijing's...that one was just absolutely breath-taking, stunning, amazing, blah blah blah.

Have to agree with you there AlohaShannon.

[matty7]

Im very happy for Brazil to host the games..but !!!! they should asses a countrys ability to afford it first before handing it to them - at the moment there is an epidemic of mosquitos that are breeding in the vast slums of Brazil causing birth defects - If your country has the larger percentage of its population living in favelas/slums then maybe you shouldn't be spending all that money on sports