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It's gonna be a bit sh1t
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56.45%
It'll be absolutely great
11
17.74%
It'll cost the country a fortune
41
66.13%
No, it'll be good for the economy
8
12.90%
Ticket prices will put a lot of people off
34
54.84%
No - I think the ticket prices will be good value for money
2
3.23%
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Olympics Poll
31 March 2011, 11:41 AM
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Its a good thing to have world wide sport which was the original Olympic ideal.
What we actually have is an event where the host country feels it is vitally important to have the biggest "look at me" opening and closing ceremonies, more important even than the events themselves, which costs an enormous amount of cash which we can ill afford.
I think the Olympics has lost its way from the original idea behind it.
Les
What we actually have is an event where the host country feels it is vitally important to have the biggest "look at me" opening and closing ceremonies, more important even than the events themselves, which costs an enormous amount of cash which we can ill afford.
I think the Olympics has lost its way from the original idea behind it.
Les
31 March 2011, 01:21 PM
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Was looking at the event list to see if it was worth applying for anything. Personally find athletics, gymnastics, swimming etc. to be a bit dull. I'm tempted to try to get along to a football match or two but IIRC £25 is the cheapest seat you can get, now is it worth spending this to see what could end up to be a couple of amateur sides playing each other, or save my cash and go and see my preferred premiership team instead when the season starts?
Other than that the mountain biking is quite close to where my parents live, and as a keen MTB'er myself it could be interesting, but again ££ to go and stand in a field, especially as it's somewhere I used to wander and cycle around often when I was younger for free.
So undecided at present
Other than that the mountain biking is quite close to where my parents live, and as a keen MTB'er myself it could be interesting, but again ££ to go and stand in a field, especially as it's somewhere I used to wander and cycle around often when I was younger for free.
So undecided at present
31 March 2011, 02:56 PM
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Coverage on TV will be better and cheaper than being there.
I don't care what anybody says, the Olympics are there to make huge amounts of money for a very few people using taxpayers money for initial capital costs.
I don't care what anybody says, the Olympics are there to make huge amounts of money for a very few people using taxpayers money for initial capital costs.
31 March 2011, 03:37 PM
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toal waste of time and money in a time where we have fck all to waste,
same as the commonwealth games in glasgow, its bankrupt the council and cost hundreds of people there jobs, oh what a good idea that was???
why anybody would think either is good is fcking beyond me.
same as the commonwealth games in glasgow, its bankrupt the council and cost hundreds of people there jobs, oh what a good idea that was???
why anybody would think either is good is fcking beyond me.
31 March 2011, 03:40 PM
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31 March 2011, 03:48 PM
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Itll be fantastic, the next Olympics HAS TO be better than the last, or thats what the Olympic Movement expect, but itll cripple us financially(we are crippled already, lets say quadraplegic)
31 March 2011, 03:55 PM
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Personally I think the Olympics will be a waste of time and money. All its going to cause is more congestion on the transport system, make everything more overpriced then what it is already. Not to mention the appeal of a terriost attack. And because I work for one of londons' major stations they're saying we can't have any holiday when the Olympics or Paralympics are on.
31 March 2011, 06:12 PM
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Isn't it 6 million tickets or some mammoth number - that's a lot to shift so I guess it will fill up with freebies and coach trips for the kids.
Poll needs a "I'm a lazy sod (and pretty broke) and will watch the best bits on TV" option.
I can see the main stadium rotting away over the years perhaps with a few sad West Ham supporters hanging around a stadium that they can't afford to rent.
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Poll needs a "I'm a lazy sod (and pretty broke) and will watch the best bits on TV" option.
I can see the main stadium rotting away over the years perhaps with a few sad West Ham supporters hanging around a stadium that they can't afford to rent.
dl
31 March 2011, 08:19 PM
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I like the principal of the Olympics - athletes competing for supremacy, but not in London.
IMO there should be a stadium built somewhere - Greece maybe? home of the Olympics - that is mainained to the high standards required and everyone sends their competitors there every 4 years for the games. No pomp, no fancy opening ceremonies, just the best athletes in their fields competing to find the best. Accessible ticket prices for the public to view, sponsorships and TV rights to pay for the upkeep and concentrate on the Sport.
The traveling circus it has become has lost its way from the original vision and reeks of a nice little earner for those high up in the chain.
IMO there should be a stadium built somewhere - Greece maybe? home of the Olympics - that is mainained to the high standards required and everyone sends their competitors there every 4 years for the games. No pomp, no fancy opening ceremonies, just the best athletes in their fields competing to find the best. Accessible ticket prices for the public to view, sponsorships and TV rights to pay for the upkeep and concentrate on the Sport.
The traveling circus it has become has lost its way from the original vision and reeks of a nice little earner for those high up in the chain.
31 March 2011, 09:22 PM
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£600 for 4 Final Ceremony! "Goan fork orf"
I applied for the above under the affluence of incahol a few days ago!
Please don't get me wrong but I truly truly hope that the opening ceremony isn't an embarrasment like the games that were held in Manchester a few years ago and televised live worldwide. It was ****.
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31 March 2011, 10:30 PM
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I think if I lived in the SE with teenage kids I would try and make the effort and cost of at least one trip to the games just so they could say "I was there".
But I don't and I haven't so TV it is.
When I did live in London I did try and see some of the classic events such as a Wimbledon final (behind a pillar
), the Epsom Derby, Opening of Parliament, Chelsea Flower Show and Crufts. And my dad took me to the Clay vs Cooper World Heavyweight fight which I will never forget. Meant to do Trafalgar Sq on New Year's eve but never managed that!
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But I don't and I haven't so TV it is.
When I did live in London I did try and see some of the classic events such as a Wimbledon final (behind a pillar
), the Epsom Derby, Opening of Parliament, Chelsea Flower Show and Crufts. And my dad took me to the Clay vs Cooper World Heavyweight fight which I will never forget. Meant to do Trafalgar Sq on New Year's eve but never managed that!dl
01 April 2011, 05:02 PM
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I guess in truth even when they started, tickets for the games would have been hard to come by , probably impossible for the layman
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01 April 2011, 05:30 PM
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I wanna get tickets although watched some Olympic action in Barcelona......it is in truth dull.....mortals wont get 100M sprint finals tickets and the long waits between events are boring......i intend to watch a bit just to say i did, and incorporate it into a solid day on the p1ss around the south bank Far more fun
Far more fun
01 April 2011, 05:30 PM
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£900 for 4 Tennis Tickets! "For Cough"
£600 for 4 Final Ceremony! "Goan fork orf"
I applied for the above under the affluence of incahol a few days ago!
Please don't get me wrong but I truly truly hope that the opening ceremony isn't an embarrasment like the games that were held in Manchester a few years ago and televised live worldwide. It was ****.
£600 for 4 Final Ceremony! "Goan fork orf"
I applied for the above under the affluence of incahol a few days ago!
Please don't get me wrong but I truly truly hope that the opening ceremony isn't an embarrasment like the games that were held in Manchester a few years ago and televised live worldwide. It was ****.
The ticket prices are massively overpriced.
And god help anyone who will have to stay overnight in a hotel in rip off Britain
Those £150 per head tickets for the final ceremony - I'm sorry, but you'll be able see **** all
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