No Air Conditioning for the Athlete Village at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil

Ubiratan da Conceiçao dos Santos, who has created sand sculptures of women at Copacabana beach for 23 years, approaches to one of his creations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on December 2, 2015. The sensual sculptures of Copacabana beach will be banned since the Society of Friends of Copacabana claims they incite to prostitution and the municipality considers them detrimental for the image of the city. AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP / CHRISTOPHE SIMON (Photo credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/Getty Images)

The 2016 Olympics in Brazil are still nine months away, but let’s check in on how things are going!

The 10,500 athletes at next year’s Olympics will feel first-hand the deep budget cuts buffeting the Rio de Janeiro Games: they won’t have air conditioning in their bedrooms unless someone pays for it.

August in Brazil, think it’ll be warm? According to the AP, it will be the “South American winter,” but it was still 95 degrees this past August 19th.

A spokesman for the Rio Games told the AP that they are looking to trim $520 million from the budget because Brazil is going through a deep recession.

Another item pulled from the budget: Instead of 5,000 employees being on hand, there will be 500.

Sounds like a blast.

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