the Sochi Olympics went $39 billion over budget. It's the most expensive Olympics ever by far. There is one area where you can't point to any obvious waste: the decor in the Olympic Village.

But now most people in Sochi are fed up. Lots of people are being thrown out of their homes to make way for the Olympic village,” a taxi driver told Britain's Guardian newspaper last week.

It will finance the Gornaya Karusel Olympic venue, which will be home to the Russian National Ski Jumping Center and sub-media Village for Sochi 2014. “We are inspired by Sberbank’s tangible ...

Though the number comes nowhere close to Sochi, Russia's nearly $22 billion ... pay a hefty price to build competition venues, the Olympic village and other sports infrastructure.

Sochi beach in October Then ... Take the cable car up to the Olympic Village at the ‘Rosa Khutor’ ski resort. There are many nice hotels and restaurants, as well as a toboggan, tubing ...

Even so, the Sochi Olympics have cost more than any games ... Just a few years ago this was a humble skiing village of a few thousand people, its innocence guarded by the local off-piste crowd ...

The 2014 Sochi Winter Games went over its $10 billion ... "These days they require about 35 different athletic venues, they require an Olympic Village that could cost 1 1/2, 2, 3 billion dollars ...

As part of THN.com's Olympics Week, Adam Proteau looks back at the 2014 Winter Games – the last time NHL players participated in the Olympics – when Team Canada was led to a gold medal by star ...

Many will stay in the Olympic Village. Condoms have been handed out ... About 100,000 were distributed during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. About 450,000 male and female condoms ...