Friedly Competition

Posted by: Lomo on 31 March 2005

Strong rumour has it that the venue for the Olympics of 2012 is a two horse race between London and Paris. With the other majors trailing badly. The fate of this contest is being settled in sleepy Brisbane on the other side of the planet.
Major talking point is the venues for the hit event in Sydney, the womens beach vollyball.
Paris will be under the tower while London will be where they parade the horses.
I suggest Paris, lets keep Royalty at arms length.
Posted on: 31 March 2005 by Rasher
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Originally posted by Lomo:
lets keep Royalty at arms length.

Easy for you Lomo. We have a Royal wedding coming up, even though very, very few people are interested. Maybe the message will finally get through to them that are not wanted anymore.
Anyhow...it would be good to see 2012 in London, and no reason why they couldn't do the womens beach volleyball 50 miles south here in Brighton. Razz
Posted on: 01 April 2005 by Berlin Fritz
The volleyball will be at the sexyist Olympic setting of all time, namely Horseguards.


Fritz Von Those chinese girls are keenĀ³ aren't they Roll Eyes
Posted on: 01 April 2005 by Lomo
Yes, am looking forward to Beijing and a cast of millions.
Posted on: 01 April 2005 by 7V
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Originally posted by Rasher:
We have a Royal wedding coming up, even though very, very few people are interested. Maybe the message will finally get through to them that are not wanted anymore.

Does that mean that if William gets married and there's national and international hysteria everyone wants them again - or can't you see that happening?

Regards
Steve M
Posted on: 02 April 2005 by Deane F
From news reports I get the strong impression that the long term benefits for the cities that host the Games are not as good as the short term benefits. All the facilities that are built are commonly reported as being under-utilised once the Games have gone. I wonder if the decision to bid for hosting is like a fever which takes hold of bureaucrats and disables any long term view.
Posted on: 03 April 2005 by Lomo
A bit like New Zealand and the America's Cup Deane, it sure put you on the word wide map.