Bids for the 1996 Summer Olympics "political instability, potential security problems, air pollution, traffic congestion and the fact that it would have to spend about $3 billion to improve its infrastructure of airports, roads, rail lines and other amenities". Allegations were quick to emerge in the Greek and Australian media that Atlanta had won the Games due to a conspiracy organized by global beverage company Coca-Cola, a longtime sponsor of the Olympic Games headquartered in Atlanta. An Athenian daily newspaper declared the "Olympic flame will not be lit with oil, but with Coca-Cola", while the Athens bid chair said that the city would never again bid
Coca-Cola with Lime form with the mondegreen "You put the lime in the Coke, you nut." Coca-Cola with Lime was available in the United Kingdom in green bottles, as was other citrus flavour Coca-Cola with Lemon but in clear bottles the year before, as a limited summer edition in 2006. Coca-Cola with Lime was also available in Sweden, but is now discontinued. It was also tested in the Netherlands as limited summer edition 2005, and is now widely available in that country. Coca-Cola with Lime is also available in Singapore. The Coca-Cola with Lime beverage was also given a limited edition run in