"The danger of staging the torch lighting with only a handful of spectators, limited number of officials and delegations, and under a cloud of fear and concern will damage the greatness and prestige of this event," Olympia mayor Giorgos Georgiopoulos said in his letter.
Now, the highly anticipated summit meeting between President Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un looks set to go ahead on Tuesday, with delegations from both sides in place.
Up to 900 vehicles are ready to transport the G20 leaders and their delegations.
But the match was called off just after 7am UK time following a pitch inspection and 90 minutes of talks between delegations from clubs and organisers of the International Champions Cup.
Chiller said that delegations from Britain, New Zealand and other countries were experiencing similar problems in the village, which is in an area of western Rio called Barra da Tijuca.
The only thing I can think of is that government delegations have fallen off a bit because of the clampdown on spending.