To give examples, Calgary recently voted not[1] to host the Winter Olympic Games when they had been previously known for doing quite well in 1988. [2] When I was in high school we had a substitute teacher from Greece to talked about how he was unhappy with the economic effects on small towns from larger infrastructure projects after the 2004 summer games.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_bid_for_the_2026_Winte... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988_Winter_Olympics#Impact_on...