They will never know the maniacal joy of Survival Season, the glee of an empty golf course or the world's most perfect sport: pond hockey.

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Unlike many former Olympic sports complexes, which wind up as half-empty hulks, the course could have a popular afterlife.

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To foodies, of course, the plate is always half-empty, but in this case they may have a point.

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