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From the Vault · 1993
The Olympics Are Coming. The City Is Not Ready.
Three years out, the costs are rising and the answers are not.
By Staff, Pulse Chronicles archive
ATLANTA · July 1, 1993
16 min read
Pulse Chronicles, Vol. XV, No. 7, July 1993
The bid book promised a $1.2 billion Games. The actual budget, three years out, is already pacing toward something closer to $1.8 billion.
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