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I believe European athletics are contractually obliged to stage the European Team championships (athletics competition) until 2015 so wouldn't be able to include a European athletics sanctioned competition within Baku 2015 since they overlap in timeframe hosting (late July). However, I read Baku is going to apply for a grand prix visa or whatever you call it meaning they will stage a 4 day athletics competition It's not ideal but it at least gets some athletics on the schedule. They will post invites to athletes similar to how the diamond league athletics competition works. So, I guess this means the stadium posted above will get used for the ceremonies and maybe some athletics of some description.

I like the one from the bottom right hand corner. Very striking.

I get it. Sometime's I hate something and I'll say "that's utter crap". And we all think our opinions merit truth sometimes. But it just struck me -- how does a logo become bad. Can we prove it. Maybe this is a bad logo but what criteria makes it bad? Can we prove it? That's all I was asking. I also studied in a field of design too -- product/industrial design so I'm very much concerned with the design of things. My first thought when I saw this logo was that it had a stripped, minimalist aesthetic that just appealed to me. It was different. Sort of of cool a la the Berlin 1990s Olympic bid logo. But that was just my view of it. I also thought the video was very slick. As for the last part of your post i agree. I was only asking how we can prove something to be bad -- I'm genuinely interested as to that. But I agree things aren't always as subjective as we make out. Don't get me started on modern art. Or Picasso. lol

I thought the video they produced with it was very elegant and conveyed the logo/brand well. Maybe the logo will also form the pictograms etc?

I think the European games need to get athletics onboard -- either at Baku 2015 or the next incarnation. A multi-sport event without the athletics will just seem odd. Athletics, swimming, Gymnastics will help make these games seem bigger. I like the idea of a European games but worry that until all of the big sports are onboard, these will just seem a bit underwhelming.

Right, we get it -- you work in the design field. You relayed that point enough Athensfan. You've just reiterated it twice to me in another thread and are now doing it. However, you're not the authority on what people can like or dislike? Maybe oneday when you become good at your job, you'll get commisions for big sporting events?

Don't know if this has been posted by anyone yet but here is the Gold Coast 2018 logo: It looks very Australian following in the tradition (Melbourne 2006, Sydney 2000) of Australia using abstract figures as part of the logo. I like it. Very cheery.

Billy Connolly is from Glasgow though. He's a Glaswegian. Sean Connory isn't. So, having Billy Connolly onboard just seems to make sense in that regard.

Nah. There wasn't universal hatred of Glasgow's logo at all -- in fact, most people were fine with it. The issue it suffered from was that the designers had previously designed a logo which was similarish and that annoyed some. I personally have always quite liked it. However, your views on the London logo is not something I share. It is still universally derided. Whilst that doesn't make it ineffective, the idea that London's logo did this mad u-turn from being hated to becoming oh-so effective is something I presume many would take issue with. Further, Glasgow's starting point has had much less animosity so won't suffer the same attacks as London's one. P.S The Glasgow 2014 'look' hasn't been unveiled yet so I'm not sure how you can compare London's effective use of the logo (which I think only became effective late on when in situ with the brand) to Glasgow's stand alone logo. It's a not a comparison imo. However, I think Commonwealth games logos for the most part work best without the mandatry base section specified by the Commonwealth federation. Like below.

Yes. The arena has retractable seating on the bottom and also has a hydraulic athletics track which can be lowered so that the arena is used for hall sports such as badminton.

Velodrome and indoor arena update:

Update pics on 'National indoor arena and Chris Hoy velodrome'.

A diving pool already existed in Edinburgh which is barely 40 mins away so is still convenient for athletes/spectators. The existing pool in Glasgow --Tollcross-- is being expanded. It is solely a swimming arena and there is no provions for diving.

^^^^^^ I think those renders were from a bid for the athletes' village by another company and are not the actual designs being used.

Athlete's village Glasgow 2014:

do you not mean netball?

Strathclyde park is also being used for the triathlon -- this I believe was a venue previously.

Certainly, more emphasis is placed on the opening since it's the first 'point of contact' with the worldwide audience. I think ceremony organisers try for that whole celebratory' feel in the closing. The opening is more formal whereas the closing is more informal.

One hopes this 'British' music a) represents all parts of the UK and not just England and doesn't play the politically correct card and ambush us all with 'urban hymns' and 'poetic raps'.

Yeah, it was used both in 1970 and 1986. But it's being used 2014 for the diving events.