Olympian2004 Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 The Post-olympics configuration is 80,000 if I am not wrong. During the olympics, it will be 100 000. So thats 20 000 temporary seats , I guess Actually its capacity during the Games will be 91,000. At least according to what the official Beijing 2008 website says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCD 2012 Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Oh sorry . Wikipeadia said 100 000 . However , Worldstadiums says 91 000 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aronious Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Oh sorry . Wikipeadia said 100 000 . However , Worldstadiums says 91 000 as well. wow. that screams reliability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 What a co-oporating talks after all the wrong talks about the Beijing air pollution . Am glad people finally come to agree with reality to see there's tsill hope in China hosting the games.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aronious Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 What a co-oporating talks after all the wrong talks about the Beijing air pollution . Am glad people finally come to agree with reality to see there's tsill hope in China hosting the games.. China is doing a far better job than Athens and maybe even Sydney at this point. Though they both started with clean air. Beijing has made huge steps towards a cleaner environment and in that sense has achieved much more than almost any other Olympic city. Sure other cities have put on great games but they havent started from as low as Beijing. Though i guess they never had the billions of currency either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCD 2012 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Beijing has made huge steps towards a cleaner environment and in that sense has achieved much more than almost any other Olympic city. I agree. Beijing officals have been trying to limit the number of private cats on the roads and moving big factories colonies away to other cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripley Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 China is doing a far better job than Athens and maybe even Sydney at this point. Though they both started with clean air. Beijing has made huge steps towards a cleaner environment and in that sense has achieved much more than almost any other Olympic city. Sure other cities have put on great games but they havent started from as low as Beijing. Though i guess they never had the billions of currency either. We could all make "progress" at this speed if we allowed our governments to comandeer private property and land without proper compensation and without respecting the rights of individuals. The rate at which China is adding to global emissions makes the progress Bejing has made look like a mouse f@rt in a hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryjane Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 We could all make "progress" at this speed if we allowed our governments to comandeer private property and land without proper compensation and without respecting the rights of individuals. The rate at which China is adding to global emissions makes the progress Bejing has made look like a mouse f@rt in a hurricane. Need to correct you at some points. 1.It's naive to expect Chinese government would still do care about what private property is all about or other this kind of bullshit under this great political atmosphere, I meant the Olympics. Everything got to let the dam Olympics go first. That's why the forbbiden publications like PLAYBOY, THE SUN are going to be allowed on sale in Beijing during the Games. (What a fxking privilege for the foriegn tourists) So you can see 'Law' in China is ultimately flexible when it meets politics. 2. I don't agree with you as you said China has to take most of the blame on global emissions. I meant honestly, who starts the Industral Revolution at the first place? When everything got to be made in China in order to fullfill the wasty lifestyle of the entire West World (including thousands of the obesity fatties). Is there any shame left as seeing Beijing got dirtier so that to make London/Paris cleaner? You aren't gonna help, are you? or just making yourself looking like a fool instead of the Godess of Justice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ard72 Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Chinese 'covered up' 10 stadium deaths January 21, 2008 Article from: Agence France-Presse CHINESE authorities have covered up the deaths of at least 10 workers in their rush to finish the Olympic stadium for the games that get underway on August 8, it was reported overnight. According to the Sunday Times newspaper Chinese officials have effectively bought off the families of the dead workers by paying them unusually high amounts of compensation - up to £13,000 ($29,280). It said unskilled workers earn £3 ($6.76) a day and skilled welders earn just over £4 ($9) a day. According to the report, the major problem has been the scale and ambition of the project. The stadium will eventually form a bowl shaped like a bird's nest. "Sadly, fatalities during construction could be due to many different things that have nothing to do with design," Arup, the British engineering firm engaged in the project, told the paper. Among several unnamed witnesses to the deaths, the Sunday Times cited a 25-year-old construction worker from Gansu province who worked as a welder at the site for more than a year. "One day towards the end of (2006), the weather was terribly cold. On the top of the 'bird's nest' I could see some ice. I stood on the ground, thinking of how best to climb to the top to get on with the welding," he said. "Just at that moment I heard a terrible scream. Before I realised what had happened I heard a thump on the ground. I suddenly realised that someone had fallen from the top of the nest - yet I couldn't see anybody on our sandpile, which was heaped in the middle of the running track. "The manager ordered workers to excavate the sand with shovels. After half an hour a dead body was pulled out of the heap. The body was gory and I didn't dare look at it. "The body was taken away immediately and everyone on the spot was told to keep it secret. For a couple of nights after that I had nightmares. In the end I quit and went back to my home town. "So why did I come back again? Because I couldn't find a better job. And I guess because my girlfriend broke up with me. I felt lost. So I came back here to forget my unhappiness through hard work." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Chinese 'covered up' 10 stadium deathsJanuary 21, 2008 Article from: Agence France-Presse They should retain Mme. Imelda Marcos who did such a good job of covering up the similar deaths of about a dozen workers in her Manila Film Palace or Institute (or whatever it was called) during her continued illegal tenure as First Lady, as Technical Consultant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruling Czar Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 While it is indeed true that the chinese officials have reached an astoundingly ambitious target in cleaning the environment for these games, the complaints from athletes so far about the air quality seems to be getting louder and louder. I think that as the games approach, we are going to see a lot of turbulence where this issue is concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rav3n Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Seats of the Bird Nest are almost completly installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublecross Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I agree. Beijing officals have been trying to limit the number of private cats on the roads and moving big factories colonies away to other cities. LOL! I suppose having a large bird's nest nearby might have proven too much of a temptation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 While it is indeed true that the chinese officials have reached an astoundingly ambitious target in cleaning the environment for these games, the complaints from athletes so far about the air quality seems to be getting louder and louder. I think that as the games approach, we are going to see a lot of turbulence where this issue is concerned. The good thing is that non of those athletes trying to boycot the games has visited to see for himself or herself. It's been said -- seen is believing. There hasn't been any turbulence as such only that many athletes are not visiting at the moment. I think it would be more wise to place santion on athletes who are actually willing to boycot the games by IOC, cos Beijing is killing nobody with the situation reports from there by now. The simple truth is that Chinese need to lower the use of coal to power their industries.Meanwhile, their constructions so far are eco friendly.PEACE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rav3n Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Screen for the stadium General view of a tribune Interior of the Stadium Workers poses to the cameras (see the works at the center of the field) Combinations of colors being parcially tested at the exterior Flags outside the stadia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 The first and the last picture weren't displayed. Could you please repost them? Or at least post their links? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zainhasan15 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 It looks that they are goining to repeat the same idea of pool in the stadium, I know its not possible again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattygs Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 I can't imagine they would have a repeat appearance of a giant lake, but I wouldnt rule out water all together. I guess water appearing in a pool of some description could be something that will happen. Of course, this wasnt really unique to Sydney, LA's closing ceremony featured an awesome stage construction in the middle of the field which included pools of water and fountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 (edited) I guess it was that little pool in Sydney; then a giant lake in Athens. Maybe the whole Birds Nest will be a giant aquarium submerged in water (so no more fake floating Nikki Websters) and everyone will be issued scuba gear? Edited February 8, 2008 by baron-pierreIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 those look like some seriously uncomfortable seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rav3n Posted February 9, 2008 Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 Well guys, the Beijing National Stadium has launched an official website for itself, take a look: http://www.n-s.cn/en/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted February 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 A close look of the red glass on the handrail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NY20?? Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 For the "OMG, were will the cauldron go" crowd... They're not official or anything; just posted on some other forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.x Posted February 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 is that a meteorite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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