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If Munich bids i dont see Reno shorlisted, it will be Munich, Oslo, Davos... If they dont, Reno will be shortlisted and maybe having a small chance, the IOC might want to give a reward to the USOC showing that, the revenue deal has finally solved. Nothing bad with wanting Alaska to host WOG, when ypu here Alaska you think in cold winters, when you here Reno you think of casinos... The only thing wrong with Reno is Reno... Lake Tahoe is perfect!! Reno not really for WOG....

I really like the tower... I bet now many conisered inapropiate for London... Might be right... But 20 years from now will be a symbol for London... Same happened with Eiffel Tower

Oh, I am sure Boyle & crew presented what the original budget allowed for. But then spoken in between the lines were: well, we could really blow everyone away with X lbs more. Heatherwick envisions so-and-so for a knock'em-dead lighting. But the budget will only buy us a bare-bones scheme. I imagine this is how the exchange must've gone on... Cameron: How much more to FULLY realize your visions? Boyle: Maybe another GBP 25 mil? LOCOG Exchequer: well, we are under budget some GBP900 million. There is room to spare. PM (to Boyle): Let's double what you have. Will another 41 mil do it? Boyle, Daldry, etc.: That should do it. Smashing, Prime minister!! PM: And we want to see visitors to the UK double starting in 2013! Boyle; The additional 41 million will surely do that!! Smiley faces all around; case closed!

Glasgow 2014 photostream on flickr. Impression of Velodrome with branding.

so the english press like to speculate a lot but as baron asked, when will we see the "smoking gun" documents? where are all the documents proving their accusations? Do they have it? Come on... This is just to keep you and the ones like you entertained and forget about the 50million pounds Sir Blahblahblah wasted doing the bid. How this idiot wasted so much money when Ricardo The Great Teixeira sent the WC to Brazil after using only 2m? and not a single cent was public money. Which was not the case around English FA bid... Am I wrong?

Really? Somehow I don't think the Arcelormittal Orbit will become a treasured world landmark like the Eiffel Tower has... The Eiffel Tower is simple, symmetrical, understated and complex simultaneously whereas the Arcelormittal is chaotic, non-symmetrical, undefinable, and just a visual mess... ...And yay for me on my 100th post here