afiqnadzir Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 in 2012,london already attract 4.5 million visitors to the UK plus million more in the coming years, leading to £2bn in extra spending and 60,000 additional jobs.the impact not only can bee seen in games time but more to long time effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 WOw 52% of youth are out of work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 in 2012,london already attract 4.5 million visitors to the UK plus million more in the coming years, leading to £2bn in extra spending and 60,000 additional jobs.the impact not only can bee seen in games time but more to long time effect. This argument is often made, but there is little evidence to corroborate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted November 17, 2012 Report Share Posted November 17, 2012 Madrid 2020 presented yesterday the first bid ambassadors. They're 20 young Spanish athletes that have already been successful in their sports and are expected to be among the world's best during the 2020 Olympics. It's the first step of a project called "20/20 Unidos por un sueño" ("20/20 United for a dream") dedicated to sport and the youth. These 20 young athletes are: · Néstor Abad (artistic gymnastics) · Sete Benavides (canoeing) · Queralt Casas (basketball) · Daniel Caverzaschi (wheelchair tennis) · Carlota Ciganda (golf) · Álex Dujshebaev (handball) · Irene García (wrestling) · Sarai Gascón (Paralympic swimming) · Natalia Golding (equestrian) · Víctor Gutiérrez (water polo) · Luis Hernáiz (football) · Mario Mola (triathlon) · Araceli Navarro (fencing) · Roc Oliva (hockey) · Ana Peleteiro (athletics, triple jump) · Sara Rodríguez (judo) · Dídac Salas (athletics, pole vault) · Irene Salgado (shooting) · Julia Takacs (athletics, race walk) · Albert Torres (track cycling) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingbrogues Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 A dream is all it is going to be unless Blanco starts getting his act together. Expecting the Olympics to help with youth unemployment or the economy shouldn't be part of the narrative. Isn't it only relatively later in the cycle that the kind of service/hospitality jobs that young people often fill become available anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deawebo Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Of course it'll help a lot with the youth population, I can see a lot of voluntiers but there are several other types of work during the games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 The Vice President and seven ministers signed guarantees Madrid 2020 The State agrees to invest 488.3 million euros in Olympic venues and infrastructure Vice President Soraya Saenz de Santamaria and seven ministers of the Central Government, the Foreign Affairs, Finance, Interior, Public Works, Education, Employment and Industry-signed government guarantees for the Madrid 2020 Olympic bid: a total investment of 646 , $ 8 million, to change, to 488.3 million euros, which is equivalent to making the other two administrations, the city of Madrid and the Madrid Autonomous Community.Guarantees are a written commitment that ensures that there will be an investment for facilities and infrastructure required. For those signed by the State Council of Ministers on Friday, commit to invest in building the Olympic Pavilion, the Getafe Rowing Canal and the Olympic Village in conditioning admeás of Racetrack.In addition, the State will pay tambimén necessary infrastructure such as the new railway station Valdebebas-projected for the years 2015-2016 - the link to the M-40 with the Olympic Village and the Ring-for 2015-2017 - a new station Train on IFEMA-build between 2015 and 2017 - and the new railway station of Olympic Walk-scheduled for the years 2017 to 2019 -.All these investments will not be made in any case, until Madrid is chosen to host the 2020 Games, which is decided by the General Assembly of the International Olympic Committee September 7, 2013. (google translate) http://www.abc.es/local-madrid/20121221/abci-garantias-2020-estado-201212211702.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted December 22, 2012 Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Madrid laboratory suspended by WADA in a blow to city's Olympic bid December 22 - The Madrid testing laboratory has been suspended from carrying out anti-doping analyses for three months by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and its head of quality control has resigned following a testing anomaly. The timing of the decision is an embarrassment to Spanish officials as it comes only three weeks before organisers from Madrid 2020 are due to hand in the city's Candidature File to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its bid for the Olympics and Paralympics. In a statement, WADA commented: "Whenever a laboratory does not meet ISL (International Standard for Laboratories) requirements, WADA may suspend the accreditation. "WADA will re-evaluate the status of the laboratory at the end of the suspension period." ... http://www.insidethegames.biz/olympics/summer-olympics/304-2020-bidding-sports/1012199-madrid-laboratory-suspended-by-wada-in-a-blow-to-city-s-olympic-bid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Madrid 2020: Spaniards field heavyweight team to deliver Olympic file Madrid, January 3, 2013 - For several months now, a top-level team in Madrid has been working tirelessly to perfect the city’s pitch for the 2020 Olympic Games. On January 7, a delegation will travel from Spain to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland to present the final bid document. The city's case will be made by Alejandro Blanco, the president of both Madrid 2020 and the Spanish Olympic Committee, along with Mayor Ana Botella, the President of the Sports Council Miguel Cardenal and Lucia Figar, who is Councillor for Education, Sports and Youth with the Madrid Regional Government. Also headed for Lausanne is Madrid 2020‘s chief executive Victor Sanchez and Olympic gold medal-winning sailor Theresa Zabell, who is CEO for International Relations. More heavyweight backing for the presentation at Chateau de Vidy, the IOC base, will be provided by the three Spanish members of the IOC - Juan Antonio Samaranch, Marisol Casado and Jose Perurena. Mr Blanco is quietly confident that the Spanish capital's bid will impress. He says: “The delivery of the dossier is an extremely important step for us in the bid process, therefore a top-level delegation will travel to Lausanne. We have been working very hard to deliver an excellent project on January 7.” The following day at a press conference in Madrid’s Cibeles Palace, Mr Blanco, joined by Mayor Botella, the Minister for Education, Culture and Sport, Jose Ignacio Wert and the President of the Spanish Paralympic Committee, Miguel Carballeda, will reveal the contents of the document. “This event on January 8 kicks off our campaign on the international stage. The whole 2020 team will join forces in these next eight months for the sprint finish needed to reach our goal (at the IOC vote) on September 7 in Buenos Aires,” adds Mr Blanco. For more information contact: Sandra Serrano International Communications Department Madrid 2020 Bid Committee Phone: +34 91 1922020 aserrano@madrid2020.es www.madrid.es www.facebook.com/madrid2020 @Madrid2020ES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Madrid delivery the Candidature file http://www.larazon.es/documents/10165/0/image_con Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningrings Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Madrid delivery the Candidature file http://www.larazon.es/documents/10165/0/image_con Must be showing the chapter where it shows the budget Spain has to work with for 2020. I wonder if that is in US dollars or Euros? Edited January 7, 2013 by runningrings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissO Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Must be showing the chapter where it shows the budget Spain has to work with for 2020. I wonder if that is in US dollars or Euros? Both... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deawebo Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 I really wanna see how is Madrid's new venue project, with more existing venues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 If Madrid's bid was 36-40 years after Barcelona 1992, It could had a better chance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkiiish Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 MADRID 2020 / BID BOOK : http://www.madrid2020.es/seccion/candidatura/ Olympic village (Madrid 2020) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deimos Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 For those with problems with the madrid2020 website, you can also get it from here: http://www.rtve.es/contenidos/documentos/jjoo/Dossier-es-en.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athan Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 On the official website there's now a superb interactive map with photos, renderings and data of all the venues. http://www.madrid2020.es/en/seccion/candidatura/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Palacio Vistalegre is not being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 I am really getting tired of hearing of Madrid's financial problems. Yes it is a serious issue and it will likely prevent the city from winning but if the IOC was so concerned it would have been cut along with Doha and Baku. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stark Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 The main problem aside from economical issues, is that many other European cities will host the games before Madrid, Rome; Paris; Berlin, just to name a few. Madrid is very strong technically talking about, that's the strenght. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Seating capacity of only 65,000 in the main stadium is a bit concerning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 I still wonder how they're going to get that many considering the number of seats they'll have to lose as a consequence of laying the track over much of the lower tier. Also, unlike previous bids, this stadium offers no athletics legacy at all. It's a definite backwards step I think as far as Madrid's chances are concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stark Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 The last time the main stadium capacity was under 70,000 was probably Helsinki 1952 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Barcelona 92 I would've thought? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Barcelona 92 I would've thought? Montjuic was able to seat 72,000+ for the OC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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