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In Topic: Mr.X, did you organized this re-ligthing of the Olympic Cauldron?
31 March 2012 - 08:27 PM
Yes.
In Topic: Opening Ceremony
12 December 2011 - 03:32 AM
baron-pierreIV, on 12 December 2011 - 02:10 AM, said:
Well, then, you/whomever has to be on the NIMBY bandwagon before it's awarded. And one way or another...it's:
1. either pay for HIGH ticket prices up front
2. pay for them for a generation or 2 (like Montreal and Mexico City) or
3. DON'T have them at all.
1. either pay for HIGH ticket prices up front
2. pay for them for a generation or 2 (like Montreal and Mexico City) or
3. DON'T have them at all.
It certainly isn't as black and white as you make it out to be.
In Topic: Opening Ceremony
11 December 2011 - 02:39 PM
baron-pierreIV, on 11 December 2011 - 12:01 PM, said:
It's what the market will bear. Yeah, sure, the low and the mighty went to old Olympia...and the moneyed either stayed in SOME guesthouses or had tents set up. The ordinary visitor, reports say, just slept out in the fields...and where do you think they did their latrine chores? Having various tiers of tickets and accommodations just brings a little more order to such a vast operation. The host city is able to control more of the activity that is happening w/in its confines and if it's a little costlier, then that provides a better experience for the visitor. Come Qatar 2022, can you see people coming wiht a ticket in hand, and with no place to sleep or sh*t, just camps out on the dessert? 
And THAT's WHY it's available on TV too. No ONE HAS to go to any Olympic event. It is an entirely OPTIONAL activity.
And THAT's WHY it's available on TV too. No ONE HAS to go to any Olympic event. It is an entirely OPTIONAL activity.
Nobody has to go to any Olympic event, but who pays to put on these Olympic events?
Taxpayers.
In Topic: Opening Ceremony
09 December 2011 - 04:17 PM
Well, here in Vancouver the public was complaining about the ticket costs for Games events. But there was so much to do in Vancouver during the Olympics, that those who didn't have any tickets and were complaining were also part of the whole "Olympic experience."
So all in all, those Live Sites and whatever public celebrations London has planned is quite vital for satisfying the greater public and also for building the Games atmosphere London organizers are yearning for. I'm sure it'll be fantastic, I don't think Brits are the stiff/conservative type? That would be the Russians two years later.
http://www.globaltvb...8051/story.html
So all in all, those Live Sites and whatever public celebrations London has planned is quite vital for satisfying the greater public and also for building the Games atmosphere London organizers are yearning for. I'm sure it'll be fantastic, I don't think Brits are the stiff/conservative type? That would be the Russians two years later.
baron-pierreIV, on 09 December 2011 - 02:40 PM, said:
Huh? The only New Cities Summit that pops up is the inaugural one for Paris in May 2012. Nothing about Vancouver.
http://www.globaltvb...8051/story.html
