In August 2004, the Olympic Games came home to Greece for an estimated cost of approximately 15 billion U.S dollars.

15 years after the Games, many of its once-gleaming Olympic venues now lie abandoned, with the Greek government unable to afford to maintain them.

For many Greeks, the Olympic Games are now a source of anger as the country struggles through recession, unprecedented unemployment and poverty, with many questioning how the nation has benefited from the multi-billion-dollar event.