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28th August 2008: The Olympics and looking forward to 2012
Well we all enjoyed the Olympics here at Gabem. In fact we have all become rather obsessed with all things Olympian and our eyes are now firmly on London 2012. Regardless of what you think about London hosting the Olympics, one thing is certain; it's a huge project and one that is providing thousands of jobs over the next four years. No bad thing in these economically testing times.
It is estimated that at its peak, the Olympic site will have 9,000 construction workers on site. And the huge stats don't stop there. 7.7m spectators are expected - 20 times the number for the Football World Cup - 15,000 athletes and 20,000 accredited media.
Getting everyone around London is going to be a challenge to say the least. I worked in central London for over 12 years and it was hell at rush hour and given that's the time when many of the main events take place goodness only knows what the Northern Line will be like! Actually, whilst everyone thinks this is a London centric event, something I didn't realise was that 40% of spectator tickets will be for events outside of Greater London.
One thing is certain, the Chinese have given every Olympics to follow a gold standard to live up to. Lets hope we can make London 2012 a peculiarly British event (cynical comments on a postcard please).
Hugo
28/08/2008
