These Games showed the world that refurbishing existing venues would in the long run benefit the city .
The venues already had a track record of working and so there was no reason to risk building new facilities that had the possibility of becoming a burden .
These Games showed the world that refurbishing existing venues would in the long run benefit the city because the venues already had a track record of working and so there was no reason to risk building new facilities that had the possibility of becoming a burden .