Why the Sydney Opera House Wasted Millions 

Which of these megaprojects wasted money, and which didn't? What do you think?✍😄

The Sydney Opera House may have blown the budget, but it's still much loved, iconic and frequently used. Can't say the same for most bloated, impractical, single use Olympic facilities.

1:32 is New Zealand’s flag not Australia’s smh

Good old Australia, all our major projects are majorly over budget and late by a decade or few

Californias High Speed Railway-“ We are $35 billion over budget and 10 years late…..” Britains High Speed Railway --“Hold my Guiness!”

As a swiss I always enjoy pointing at the two tunnels under the alps built by the end of last century: 17 billions spent, perfectly on time and almost on budget!

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

This was a great watch, thank you!

Excellent episode. Thankyou.

The Sydney Opera House is worth every cent !

thank you for the information

11:55 The railway going left.... You just crossed the Irish Sea into Northern Ireland before crossing it again to get in Scotland. That's physically impossible! No bridge or tunnel can ever be build over/under that sea due to its depth and the fact that tons of unused WWII bombs were dumped there after the War! Not to mention the political compilations. This is common knowledge within the UK, and I highly doubt HS2's original plan had this in it. But hey, I could be wrong. Please can someone provide the source of this impossible plan.

great video

Awesome to watch.

Your pronunciation of Drapeau was very good! Très bien!

1 Sydney, Australia, would be nothing like what it is without the SOH. It is the only design that breathes, connects land to sea. Since the original completion, the lower walkway was built, as per Utzon's original design. It is a landmark location to view the quay and Harbour Bridge. It's a great spot. Nowhere to park, though ...

I think that the Al-Ula projects deserve to be filmed because it is the sleepy city rich in archaeological treasures, which the Al-Ula Development Authority seeks to be one of the most important ancient cities visited by tourists in the world Among its most important projects is the establishment of an international airport + a journey through time + the development of archaeological sites + the construction of markets, hotels, hospitality services, etc..

The Sydney Opera House ended up in the black because it was funded from lottery revenue, not the taxpayer. There's two issues with the video though, the flag shown is the Flag of New Zealand, not the Flag of Australia. Secondly, the photo of the Commonwealth Parliament is irrelevant - the Opera House was built by the New South Wales Government.

Nice video.

Very interesting 😱

The thing is if you're building something as big as any of these projects, *there's no way you're not gonna go over the budget.* It happens in all parts of the world. *Maybe not in China or Japan.*

why does the narrator of this channel always pronounce foreign names and words so perfectly?

California’s High Speed Rail project dwarfs the UK’s 😅

1:31 are we not gonna talk about the flag being New Zealand’s and Not Australian?

Has Utzon designed anything as noteworthy as the Sydney Opera house in his home country of Denmark or anywhere else?

Top Luxury needs to look into the California High Speed Rail

Hello ALL FROM FLORIDA. Nice video thanks for sharing 🌎✌🏼

Utzon took with him his system plans for the glass cowering the restaurants between the shelves, so today they look like submerged submarines, with a lot of tubing and the glass had to be designed with a computer program. And also the built up roof for the scenes, so today the sound isn't right and his now missing design for for operating the scenes from a central tower, also made them smaller than necessary and not the original Grand Opera stages which was planned. But his plans for using the sea water for the air-condition was made as planned, as seen from a much later English film from in- and outside the building, made by one of the Top Gear guys.

Saint Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg. Constructed in about 60 years, rebuilded several times, costs (in modern money) billions of dollars.

Lets review HS2 and double the cost as a result…..

In my fictional world, all this project already finished and successful

Nice

The dam slowed the rotation of the earth by 0.06 microseconds

How many mega-projects have you heard, that came in UNDER budget?

thx

That is a New Zealand flag.....NOT Australia !

Love from India

11:30 that's a train from the swiss railway company SBB 😆 Nice to see my country repented here, even if it's in the wrong context

what about CPEC and one belt one road ?

As for HS2. they cut the route. And doubled the price.

11:32 is a train of the Swiss Federal Railways (German: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, SBB; French: Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses, CFF; Italian: Ferrovie federali svizzere, FFS), the national railway company of Switzerland.

Good.

Montreal's stadium is the worst of these. At least the rest had some economic benefit.

Any Government would happily spend 100 million dollars for an iconic landmark like the Sydney Opera House.

They usually get their money’s worth eventually so I say go ahead with the train line.

it's sad that Utzon never returned to Sidney.

My favorite megaproject is the sydney opera house

The US Interstate Military Highway system was proved by an Army Captain who tested the 1930 transcontinental road transport system, taking 40 days to take forty vehicles to Sanfrancisco from DC. As president, Eisenhower, made the best investment ever, from his experience.

Vogtle Nuclear Generating Station units 3 and 4 are 30 billion over budget and sliding “commercial availability” year to year with no end in sight burdening the rate payers mass overruns

Guys let’s get him to 1million subs

Ottawa LRT boondoggle. look into that one

It's a shame the architect was not allowed to finish the interior. Which resulted in horrible acoustics and a far less attractive space.

Make videos about mega projects of Bangladesh

Why did take until 2003 to for Utzon to receive that prestigious award? What other architects structures won that award for the 30 years prior to 2003?

New Zealand held the most wildly successful Commonwealth Games, universally called the happy games. The Soviets attacked New Zealand declaring they supported South African sports, even though they had cut off SA , three international sporting teams were in SA during the Taronto games which were not attended by dozens of countries. New Zealand scored many more medles. That is how the Soviets worked against the two best countries.

I live in the UK I take the speedy train every year to London

1:32 um New Zealand flag

I can’t believe Australia spent 7 million dollars on the Sydney Opera House foundation, and 102 million on the rest!

The famous mega project

HS2 will shave a good 20 minutes off the time from London to Birmingham, so I think it’ll be worth it in the end

'Cost overrun' is always the best reason why ruling party and regime official love this type of project, because it is pay off with Taxpayers $$$$$$$$$, not their own $$. 👩‍💻👨‍💻

JWST from 1 Billion to 10 Billion .

11:59 Glasgaoww

When to overruns NOT happen in ANY construction project?

The Montreal Stadium cost way more because the mob had its hands in the unions and trucking, and double and triple charged!

If only the UK had a partnership with a nearby continent that made it easily to trade goods and services with… (sigh) C’est la vie.

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I feel like it’s cuz people underestimate the amount of money it involves to build mega structures.

YOU PUT THE NEW ZEALAND FLAG ON 1:31

HS2 is mad. No wonder they're in a cost of living crisis

I'd ban hosting the Olympics in my country. Waste of money. The Opera is adorable and it paid off. The dam, I hope it will stand string for centuries to come. The high-speed railway is a must. Olympic stadiums? Damn, Olympic Games gotta be banned or reorganized. Waste of resources that never pays back

Having never been there, Where is the parking for opera house? Is it way off site? & everybody has to walk there? What about those who are walking impaired?

Ask people of Stuttgart, Germany about the Stuttgart 21 project and how that's going! Or ask people in Berlin about that big airport that's still empty! Hope the Germans don't feel like I'm picking on them because I really miss living in Frankfurt!

Germany BER Airport, Stuttgart 21 Main Station, Hamburg Elb Philharmonie,.... All of them Germany

Fuuuuuuck at this price ration I can refit the all 4 Iowa class battleships in their original WW 2 working condition

Ah yes the Swiss trains now also operate in the UK ... smh

Just a prediction: Keeping future global temperature below 1.5 deg c. Will destroy this record.

You miss the biggest problem of all in building the Sydney opera house. Inexcusably, Utzon's shells could never be built as specified as they were not self-supporting! This was the biggest reason the NSW government got rid of him - they thought, maybe with some justification, that he was a dreamer who could not get his maths right. Eventually the consulting engineers thought up an ingenious solution involving hidden interior cables in tension - but even that was hard and time consuming to build. And it meant the concert hall had to be smaller than intended.

Oil shock was 1973 . Oct of .

ভারতেও এই রকম প্রোজেক্ট করা হোক। যাতে ভারতবর্ষ আরো উন্নত হবে। অস্ট্রেলিয়ার খেলার স্টেডিয়ামের মত আধুনিক স্টেডিয়াম তৈরী করা হোক ভারতে। ভারতে রেলেও আরো উন্নতি করতে হবে। ভারতের রেলের বগিগুলিও আরো আধুনিক মানের করতে হবে।

The damn also caused the extinction of 2 fish

SOH couldn't be built when it was designed and drove many world first innovations. Major cost blowouts were also caused by the Symphony Orchestra taking the larger Opera theatre for itself which forced the Opera into a cramped smaller theatre forcing a costly redesign mid construction. Tens of millions in cost overruns were also caused by political interference from a petty minded jealous conservative party sabotaging the project and withholding the architect Jorn Utzons fees which forced his office to close further delaying and costing the project more when the Government Architects office effectively stole the project. Despite this Utzons masterpiece was completed and is a building for 1000yrs - it has recouped its cost many times over. Its iconic and a major tourist draw.

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Major Riyadh projects such as: King Salman Park and Green Riyadh Project The Riyadh Art Project and the Sports Track Project And the Riyadh metro project The goal is to make Riyadh one of the best cities to live in the world, And the Qiddiya project is the largest entertainment city in the world by breaking records in a number of games, and the Diriyah project, the largest cultural city in the world, in which many sports were held, such as the Formula E competition, the World Cup for boxing, and King Abdullah Financial District Project: It will have the Saudi Stock Exchange and Capital Market Authority. The KAFD will be an important financial center in the Middle East. However, KAFD will not only be a financial center. It will have areas where people live, offices, and educational and recreational facilities. The King Abdullah Financial District is estimated to be worth about $7.8 billion (US). etc.. Very large festivals are held in Riyadh that will create entertainment, such as the Janadriyah Festival, which is the largest Arab cultural festival, the Riyadh Winter Festival, which is one of the largest festivals in the Middle East, and festivals specialized in Arab culture, such as the Umm Raqiba Festival In camel beauty, the Falcon Festival and the Arabs Festival for the beauty of the purebred Arabian horses, which is the largest 3. Projects of the archaeological city of Al-Ula, in which infrastructure is being built in all aspects of life, so that this archaeological city is one of the most important tourist cities for those looking for antiquities tourism while preserving its urban style, One of her most important projects is the Journey Through Time project,and the Al-Ula project aims to create a unique design to link ancient civilizations in the city of Al-Ula with Tram to be the largest living museum in the world and provide all the tourists need from exhibitions, art institutes, cultural academies, museums, cafes and restaurants And landscapes and distinctive services, so that the experience of the tourist in Al-Ula is a very rich experience in the cultural and service aspects, etc. that meet the needs of the tourist Project title (Discover The Journey Through Time Masterplan, AlUla, North West Arabia) An international airport was built in Al-Ula, a mirror theater was built, some beautiful hotels were built, hotel accommodation and restaurants are being expanded further, parks are built, tourist sites are developed, and cultural, agricultural and recreational festivals are developed to receive millions of tourists. Among its most important festivals: Winter at Tantora, Dates Festival, Citrus Fruits Festival, AlUla Arts Festival, and various sports festivals 4. The ambitious and giant projects of the city of Jeddah, which will make Jeddah one of the most important coastal cities in the world: Among its most important projects is the downtown Jeddah project, which is one of the largest projects in Saudi Arabia., and The Jeddah Tower skyscrapers project, part of which was purchased by the Public Investment Fund from Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, The Jeddah Port development project, which will double to be a competitor to Dubai Port and will make it one of the most important cities in logistics, and A project to develop and rebuild slums to improve the quality of life for the people of Jeddah and pay attention to afforestation and pedestrian roads, and Jeddah Metro Project, and Obhur Al Janoubia Waterfront Development Project, and Obhur Bridge Project, which will connect the two banks of the Gulf together in Jeddah, and Lake Al-Arbaeen Park project located within the boundaries of the Historic Jeddah Development Program, and The project to develop the old city of Jeddah (Al-Balad), which is registered in UNESCO, to be a tourist attraction, and The Al Hamra Palace project in #Jeddah, which is one of several cultural and historical palaces that will be converted into hotel destinations, andThe marine taxi project is among the public transport projects that will change Jeddah, and Jeddah International Airport Development Project Jeddah is the most important economic, tourist and shopping city in Saudi Arabia It has the tallest fountain in the world, and the dome of Jeddah Super Dome in western Saudi Arabia, which ranks first as the largest dome without columns in the world, and the longest flagpole in the world, 5. Makkah Al-Mukarramah projects to improve the quality of life of its people, which move the holy city to the ranks of civilized and smart cities, and its most important projects are: The Makkah Path Project (King Abdulaziz Road), the Completion of the Ring Road 1,2,3,4, the Popular Neighborhoods Development Project, the Makkah Gate Project, and the Darb Al Mashaer Project in Makkah for crowd management in projects such as the seasonal housing project, Makkah Bus Project And the Food City Project, the Makkah Metro Project, the Emaar Makkah Project, and the National Park Project And many other projects The most important Saudi giant projects: the Red Sea Islands project, the Amala project, the Diriyah project, the Qiddiya project, the Al-Soudah company project, the King Abdulaziz Road project in Makkah, the downtown Jeddah project, the NEOM project, the King Abdullah Economic City project, the King Abdullah Financial Center project in Riyadh, Knowledge City Project in Madinah, Jeddah Airport Development Project

Did they really just use the NZ flag thinking it was Australia’s?

gotvand dam

Uk high speed rail, should have given it to the Chinese, would have done it for less then half price and half the time

New Zealand flag for Australia …….. hmmm. Low quality

china is not reducing coal usage at all.

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Sydney Opera House🇦🇺🇦🇺

Um by the way the Australian flag does not have red stars, that’s New Zealand 🇳🇿

California high speed rail. 10 billion and nothing to show so far

That's not how you say Glasgow.

To many chiefs not enough Indians, plagues all big construction jobs!

spend big money on bigger projects

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Save the #1 spot for the high-speed train in Commiefornia, it will be the most useless and expensive fiasco in the world 1

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