In message , David Bennetts
writes
I think London will have some problems in coping, particularly with
transport.
I genuinely don't believe that to be the case. (Although I suspect
that *any* of the cities up for it *could* stage the games.)

--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005 20:31:43 +0100, Paul Terry
wrote:

In message , congokid
writes

I was in Trafalgar Square this afternoon. They're building a stage or
something for the event.

It'll be a bit of a damp squib should the decision go to Paris.

I very much hope that it will - they are much better able to fund the
likely multi-billion pound debt (I see that Toronto are still paying off
the interest nearly 30 years later,

Do you mean Montreal? That was the last Games to lose money. A lot of
things have changed since then.

while Greece is saddled with a chain of unused facilities that nobody
wants

Hence the "no white elephants" policy. There's a reason why the bid
team has been banging on about the legacy aspect.



We'll know soon enough...

--
James Farrar

September's coming soon

In message , James Farrar
writes

Do you mean Montreal?

Yes I did, sorry!

That was the last Games to lose money.

Eh? Even Sydney ended up with "a debt that will take a decade to pay off
and unused facilities that require millions of dollars in public
subsidies every year".

The Athens Olympics were initially estimated to cost $1.3 billion. When
the detailed planning was finished, the cost to $5.3 billion. After the
games were over, Greece found it had actually spent some $14.2 billion
and had seriously damaged its economy in the process.

while Greece is saddled with a chain of unused facilities that nobody
wants

Hence the "no white elephants" policy.

That's what they said about the dome

We'll know soon enough...

Yes, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
--
Paul Terry