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[arwebb]

Oven-roasted dove isn't part of my normal diet.

[Cobi]

Guardian, on Dec. 25 2003,09:52, said:

Looks like the BBC article here paints Barcelona on a positive light here:

Barcelona's Warm Business Climate

Well, it is said that Barcelona is the most European city in Spain, and it's truly becoming a very multicultural place. Barcelona is a really booming city at the moment, there are many projects going on and in the future it will become a very important city in the European context. Good 4 BCN!  :wwww:

[tadeued]

For me, simply the best Olympic Games ever!!! i ws very young at that time, only 6 years, but i reamember clearly Pavarotti singing Friends for life, moment that i will never forget. I remember also the olympic flame being flamed! The only negative point was to discover that it was fake. i remember the party that Brazil made when the men´s volleyball was champion. And Cobi was the best mascot ever besides Minska (That was the name of Moscow bear?). Last year I went to Barcelona and visited all the olympic structures. simply perfect. I went to Olympic Stadium Montjuc to see The Generación OT concert. Love it! Barcelona was the best!!

[Cobi]

youssef, on July 27 2004,16:40, said:

does anyone have a full detailed list of barcelona 92 venues ?

I guess JarlehuBCN, who is from Barcelona, could answer your question better than me, but he's on holidays right now (I will ask him once he's back).

As far as I can remember, Barcelona's venues were distributed over 4 areas: Montjuïc, Diagonal, Vall d’Hebron y Parc de Mar, as well as 15 subsees.
Some of the venues that come to my mind are:

-Olympic Stadium (ceremonies, athletics)


-Palau Sant Jordi (basketball, gymnastics)


-Picornell swimming pools


-Vall d'Hebron tennis courts

-INEFC (wrestling, weight-lifting)


-Palau d'esports de Badalona (subsee: basketball)

-Club Patí Vic (subsee: roller hockey)

-Camp Nou (football)


-Palau blaugrana (Judo)


-Banyoles (subsee: rowing)


-Sant Sadurní d'Anoia (subsee: field hockey, cycling)

-La Seu d'Urgell (subsee: canoening)

-Vila Olímpica (sailing)

[baron-pierreIV]

Piragüismo / Aguas Tranquilas - no.  THat would be Kayak - flat water; so in the regular Rowing venue.

[Ydum]

LA84, on Oct. 22 2004,05:14, said:

Putting aside my own biased preference towards Los Angeles, Barcelona is my favorite SOG's since I have started watching them.

The amazing part of Barcelona, it's beautiful architecture and fantastic Olympic organization aside, is how the city transformed itself.  Prior to 1992, I always heard that Barcelona was a dirty, filthy industrial city.  After the Olympics it seems that it is a huge tourist destination, perhaps moreso that Madrid or Seville?

Having a biased preference too for Barcelona (my city  ::  ) I should say that it has spotted on the map as the city #1 in number of visitors, quite far from Madrid, Seville, Granada.

Living in Barcelona before the Olympics and living here now means having had the privilege of being a witness of a radical change who turned a grey, industrial city to a colourful and multicultural place where everybody wants to stay longer.

In the name of the city, I invite you all to visit us.

You will always be welcome to Barcelona!

Greetings

[Guardian]

Athens2004, on May 08 2005,14:57, said:

Quite a profitable agreement for both sides. A classical win-win situation!

"Beijing 2008" will earn more promotion through a historical football team. Moreover, publicity will focus on the fact that this will be the first time ever that FC Barcelona will put advertisement on its T-Shirt! Not to ignore of course the fact that Barcelona (the city) organized MAGNIFICENT Games in 1992 and this connection hides a lot of symbolism.

And FC Barcelona will be benefited much more than the money that it will receive. It will "invade" in a huge and aggressively opening market, the Chinese one. T-Shirts and other stuff that will be sold there will make Mr. Laporta much richer...

Well done to both sides!

No kidding at all here. It wouldn't be surprising to me, if Barcelona is already helping Beijing out in preparing for the 2008 Olympic Games in some form or manner.

[Guardian]

Speaking of Barcelona, didn't it recently host an international conference? I thought I heard something of it in the news.

[stryker]

Interesting.  I always thought JAS was from Madrid.  Never knew Barcelona was his hometown.

[Guardian]

What I liked, out of so many from the 1992 Olympic Games, was the backdrop of the diving venue. It looked like the venue was on top of a large hill. What a view!!!