posted Nov 27, 2006

Good to see the appropriate response to budgets creeping up - take action to stop them spiralling.

If the government keep up this attitude, the games will be a great success.

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posted Nov 27, 2006

Seems like an excellent, common sense decision to me. They've managed to economise, while maintaining a design for a really world class venue. These problems will arise in the process - some designs will go over budget (the Olympic Stadium itself has a very hopeful estimate figure attatched to it) but as long as those in charge maintain vigilance and force the architects to work within the framework - the games will be a massive success for London and sport in the country as a whole.

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posted Nov 27, 2006

The 2012 games will be a disater for the taxpayer. The british population will pay for them for the next 4 or 5 decades. Winning the bid was good for the politicians and the contractors but that is it. The new Wembley is costing now nearly a £1bn, 5 times more expensive that the stade de France or Berlin Olympic stadium.

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posted Nov 27, 2006

We are being hoodwinked, the only people the Olympics are being a success for right now are the ones who stand to make financial gain.

The real reason budgets 'seem' to be creeping up now is that false accounting was used to submit them in the first place, in order to win the bid.

And if it's not for that reason, then it's because of utter incompetence. Perhaps they should have used something other than an abacus to help them add the costs. How can they not know the price of a brick? (substitute: tile/light/glass/seat etc.)

This present state of affairs is a national embarrassment, it's turned into another Wembley Stadium, but on a far grander scale.

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posted Nov 27, 2006

Let us get out of this Olympics nonsense now, before it is too late. I am sure France or Spain would be happy to put up with the corruption and drug taking inseparable from the Olympic "Games".

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posted Nov 27, 2006

This is just so typical - all the pessimistic doom-mongers I mean. The Olympics are the biggest sporting occasion (phenomenon) ever to come to the UK - far bigger and more important than the 66 World Cup. It's about time that we had a world event in this country, and it's worth paying for. That does not mean that costs should be allowed to spiral out of control though, so the news about the Aquatics Centre is good.
I do think that there is a lot of nonsense being said or printed on the whole issue. For example the outcry on the huge overspend that turned out to be for housing AFTER the Olympics. Surely this is something worth paying for, that will benefit the area, and will be covered when they are sold off.
Let's start having a more positive attitude - like the Aussies. You never know we might emulate their success with such an attitude!!!

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posted Nov 28, 2006

Brilliant - Lets have it but why does everything seem to cost so much more - The Dome; Wembley now this. Are we not capable of bringing things in even remotely to budget?
How much did the Telstra Stadium cost the Aussies? The stadiums in Germany for the World Cup? Millenium Stadium? Either we can't manage a heavy drinks session in a brewery when it comes to these things or someone is on the take!

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posted Jan 28, 2008

Why should we judge whether the Olympic Games will be a success based on the swimming venue??

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