[danans]

> All of the venues used for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic games are used extensively

Vancouver seems like an exception though. Canada is a wealthy country where the average person is likely to participate in sports (skating, hockey, skiing) that facilities were built for.

Also they didn't have to build new ski resorts, since the area already had some of the best ski resorts in the world.

It's a very different scenario in a country where people have far less discretionary income to spend on sporting venues.