London win the olympics

[Privateer Puddin']

woot

not too fussed about the olympics but to beat the french is always good

[Chicky]

Yeah it seemed every channel was covering it. But good for us brits, maybe i'll take the wife to go see them in 2012 ._.

[Las Naranjas]

Wow, if British cooking was better, Chiraq wouldn't have been able to insult it and lose Paris' bid as a result.

But anyway, from my meagre knowledge of the bids, it probably was the right decision.

[SSH]

Now all hope of the scrapping of the EU Common Agricultural Subsidy Policy is lost as Chirac will be intent on scuppering everything at the G8.

It's the Finnish I feel sorry for: Chirac said that they were worse than the UK at food!

[Kinoko]

Wasn't there a lot of controversy about London supposedly buttering up the judges with gifts and money?

[Haddas]

It's the Finnish I feel sorry for: Chirac said that they were worse than the UK at food!

It's because we don't put snails and frogs in our foods.

[Totoro]

Ah, a thread about British Cooking...
Mmmh, well maye French have better food but you don't get anything eatable in Paris for the price of a yummy Fish&Chips in the UK. Aaa, gotta go there again, did not visit it for more than ten years now.
Anyway, Congratulation London 

[Ghormak]

Chirac said that too? I thought only Berlusconi insulted our noble cuisine.

[Privateer Puddin']

i like how 200 years after Trafalgar, we beat the french again () and celebrate under nelsons column in Trafalgar Square

[Pumaman]

Oh fantastic, so we get to waste huge sums of taxpayer's money building giant stadiums that will stand empty for years afterwards. I'm so excited.

[LGM]

Who watches the Olympics anyway?

[Anarcho]

It's such a waste of money.  I love how politicians talk about how it will be a boon for the economy, but the opposite is inevitably true.  I remember flying over Salt Lake City and seeing a bunch of empty stadiums.  What a waste!

[Kinoko]

It's true that it's usually like that (certainly for Greece) but here In Australia we still make constant use of our facilities. In fact, "Olympic stadium" is used all the time for all sorts of games.

[Las Naranjas]

The Superdome and the rest of the Olympic Park complex is a large white elephant though. It probably isn't visible in the QLD media, but the fact that most of it is idle and not used [including the Olympic Stadium itself since club games are crappy there. You get a robust 30,000 crowd and 2/3 seats are empty, doesn't look very good].

It still is a nice complex, but there isn't a huge continuation of use.

[Timosity]

Congrats London, the best thing about the Olympics is the partying that goes along with it, The streets and pubs are completely packed 24 hrs and heeps of other free outdoor events go on. There's big TV screens everywhere, and there is just a buzz in the air. You'll probably never experience it again (unless you travel following it)

You'll never see as many people in your city either.


As far as Sydney's Olympic Park goes, it does get used for all sorts of club, national and international sports. Eg. Basketball, Hockey, League, Union, Soccer, Aussie Rules, Baseball etc

The stadium isn't filled that often, and I agree with Las that when there's 30,000 people there it still looks empty.

But when it comes to Grand Finals, Origin, Bledisloe cup etc, it allows most people if they want a ticket, to get it before it sells out. It's hard to beat 80,000 - 90,000 people cheering, although it did used to hold 110,000 temporarily for the Olympics There aren't many stadiums in the world with that sort of capacity.

Here it is on google maps.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sydney&ll=-33.847203,151.063192&spn=0.009683,0.015044=k&hl=en

[auhsor]

Yeah I got a couple of friends who work at the Superdome. They get a fair few concerts there, but I guess not heaps. It's nice that we have the facilities here now, as it caters to many events, and it's also a nice place.

I agree with what you said Timosity about the atmosphere during the olympics in Sydney. When we went up there there was just so much activity and so much to do, and cheaply too. It was a great time.

[Privateer Puddin']

dunno if it's real but it made my laugh

[Esseb]

At least the text on the cardboard is fake. Why would it be in English anyway?

[Privateer Puddin']

I think there is no doubt that has been added, but the fact (if the shirts are real) that the french were selling paris 2012 shirts is good enough for me

[passer-by]

I think there is no doubt that has been added, but the fact (if the shirts are real) that the french were selling paris 2012 shirts is good enough for me

Most Committees (or companies)have this kind of material ready , just in case they win. It's like in Championships, the Champion team always has drinks andÃ,  T-shirts with their logo and the achievement ready. Did they know they'll win??? I'm not sure, all I know is that it is considered good managment and public relations. In case they lose, they just get rid of them, I suppose.

Oh, and why was the Euro sign next to an english "for sale"?