A nonexhaustive list of things we’d like answers to.
Why did Paris, a city whose international reputation could scarcely get any bigger, decide to host the Olympics in the first place? Was it because, as Le Monde, “Paris deserves to organize the Olympics ”? Will the Paris Olympics , with their few permanent developments, all in the service of the public interest, redeem the competition’s model? Or is it a one-off?
What are the post-Olympic metrics to judge the event’s success for the region, or the country? They’re not really going toWhat was the look on Emmanuel Macron’s face when he learned the reconstruction of Notre Dame would not be finished, as initially planned, to coincide with the beginning of the Games?
In a world with no Olympics, does the region’s highly ambitious mass transit expansion get finished sooner or later than in the present timeline? What if mass transit service could be as good all year as it has been these past two weeks? What have been the ridership effects for locals of doubling single-ride ticket prices for the duration of the Games, instead of having transit be free, as was originally...
Why was there an interminable ad for Louis Vuitton in the middle of the opening ceremony? Is the beloved Olympic balloon also an ad for the French electricity company EDF? Should sugar-and-plastic company Coca Cola really be a sponsor of the Olympics? Why couldn’t they install all those soda fountains, forcing concession workers toAre there any Olympic sports that are not either: ball into net, ball over net, dance, race, or fight? Is that what the five rings stand for? Is it a betrayal of...
What are they up to if they’re not going to museums or taking boats on the Seine, which reported customer declines of 40 to 50 percent? Even if there are more visitors to the city and region during the Games, as hotel, rental, and flight data suggest, does it make up for the drop before and after? Would tourists be contributing more to the regional economy if the Olympic tickets weren’t so expensive?How do you measure the “crowding out” effect of the Games displacing activities that would...
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