This is something that has been put forward many times and then dropped again but after reassessing the situation they are actually considering doing this for real.
The real question is, why? It is not known why the country is spending so much money on this when we are currently suffering so badly from the depression? Well of course the games in 2012 are going to bring in more people to the country and hopefully give the income a well and truly needed kick up the backside, but why does it matter where all of the athletes sleep?
They are no different to anyone else and I do not see why they are treated in a different way as they are just trying to do thier job. As well as this there are training facilities in thier home countries, why on earth do they need to come over here early to train. The plan afterwards is properly to sell it on for use or to use as a precious Olympic museum. It is unknown why a person would want to go and visit a tired, smelly athlete room? The strange thing is that the government seem to love pleasing guests to the country over the actual people that live here!
There is an idea to build a big hotel for all of the athletes but I really do not understand why they do not just sick them into normal hotels, they are not exactly famous/. The government could then pay the hotels and save more money by not building something that is most likely not going to be finished anyway.
Of course going on a real luxury cruises is a lot nicer than watching the Olympic one being built so why not think about taking one of those river cruises and just going away for a bit.
Five star cruises can be a very good way to get away from the house for a while.