The Olympic legacy of the Rio Games is not just about corruption and abandoned venues. More than a year after the end of the event, many service providers are still waiting for their invoices to be paid. At the top of the list, the French company GL Events, European leader in events. The amount of his unpaid amounts amounts to 52 million reals, or approximately 14 million euros. “We have initiated legal proceedings against the organizing committee so that it pays its debts,” explained Arthur Repsold, president of the GL Events subsidiary in Brazil, to the daily newspaper Les Echos. We will go to the end. The committee recognizes the existence of this debt, but says it is unable to pay it. At the Rio 2016 Games, the Lyon-based company was responsible for several sites, including the Rio Centro, and the management of several temporary facilities.
