1984 Summer Olympics experience of executive producer and writer Jesse Stern. Pop punk band Bowling for Soup references the games in the song "I Can't Stand LA". During a section showing appreciation for the city, the song states, "thank you for hair metal and the '84 Olympics." Jilly Cooper's novel Riders has a storyline set at the show jumping event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In Seinfeld's episode "The Gymnast ", Jerry dates a woman who was in 1984 Olympics and won a Silver medal for Romania. The 1984 Games were covered by the following broadcasters: People 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer
1984 Summer Olympics 1984 Summer Olympics at USD 719 million in 2015-dollars. This includes sports-related costs only, that is, (i) "operational costs" incurred by the organizing committee for the purpose of staging the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and (ii) "direct capital costs" incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build, e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast center, and media and press center, which are required to host the Games. Indirect capital costs are "not" included, such as for road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or for hotel