I guess if you like yellow water and wi-fi routers dangling from the ceiling then Sochi is the kind of place for you. I guess $51 billion doesn't buy you what it used to:
Sochi officials say that the city's hotels are 97% complete on the eve of the Olympics.
But given the nightmare travel stories rolling in from reporters in Sochi, that 3% difference goes a long, long way.
There
are reports of rooms without light bulbs or doorknobs. There are
stories about unfinished hotels without lobbies or working elevators or
running water. There are anecdotes from people who've checked into their
rooms, only to find them occupied by stray dogs or construction workers
napping in between shifts.
The venues and Olympic Village all
look perfectly fine, and we haven't seen any complaints from athletes.
But the hotels, specifically media hotels, aren't finished yet and it's a
total mess.
The worst part is that these media dorks have access to Twitter and are going to slag the crap out of the Olympics and Russia whenever they get a chance. They have long days ahead and if they come home to a room full of stray dogs or have to use yellow water to shower with then it will be a long Olympics indeed.
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