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Posted 09 January 2012 - 12:30 PM

The birds nest was fun to watch being build, and dramatic at times during the games, but has lost all it's glow and in retrospect seems overdone and cumbersome at best, wasn't there a plan to make it a shopping mall? What is the water cube now, is it still going to be a watermark? London is going to shine and shine through the years, no dodgy pretense or propaganda. I expect sport and real people to shine, and the most beautiful velodrome ever built.

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 12:37 PM

The WaterCube is a waterpark now (at least partially). The stadium is not technically a white elephant since it actually makes money through Chinese tourism, but it very rarely hosts any sports events.

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 12:49 PM

OM(f-ing)G -shall I cry now or next time they bid.

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#34 Citius Altius Fortius

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 12:54 PM

RobH, on 09 January 2012 - 10:45 AM, said:

I have adjusted my sig accordingly...

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Posted 09 January 2012 - 05:20 PM

intoronto1125, on 09 January 2012 - 10:01 AM, said:

Venues, Ceremonies that's pretty much it.

I do believe London though will be up there as one of the greatest games ever.

I agree. The Bird's Nest and Water Cube are some of my all-time favourite venues, and the Beijing ceremonies was pretty cool in its own way. But I expect London to stamp their mark on Olympic ceremony history through their own originality. And the atmosphere should be top notch. London is already arguably the most electric city in the world, even without the Olympics.