(As a country.)
I never really reflected on what it means that there were so many of these in the past few years (just count the distinct facilities accounted for in the Related Videos).
Who needs bread and circuses? Can you imagine how badass it would have been for a Roman emperor to say "We need a new Colosseum, let's just demolish the old one"?
(Lest there be any confusion, I hope you already know full well my position on governments handing new stadiums to rich owners who by all rights could have paid for the things themselves. It's not like there are schools to fund or anything.)
Posted by Matt Bruce at May 15, 2008 02:21 PM