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6 years and you dont think it'll get done? Lots of confidence in your country bro.

Dont worry, they can just host them at Crystal Palace, out 'National Sports Center'. What a shit hole that is.

ELITE-UK wrote:

I dont think it will be ready for the olympics..anyone else agree??

Considering how long Wembley is taking...I doubt it.

I heard on radio that no olympics has ever been delivered late.  Remember Athens? Looked late but was on time.

The Millenium Stadium (Cardiff) was running late and then to the horror of local residents the bulding contractors made staff work 24 hours, in shifts to get it ready. It was ready and we have never looked back.

The athletics stadium for the games is being touted to football clubs to use after the games have finished. (like Man City/Commonwealth Games).  The capacity for the games will be 80k but reduced to 20k once the games have ended.  West Ham Utd have been in talks about having the stadium but I doubt if they are interested now they know the reduced capacity (if it goes ahead).  This may now appeal to clubs like Leyton Orient.

Companies get given the go ahead for organising the opening and closing ceromanies, from what I gather the contracts for this are worth approx £10m.  Big money can be made by your country hosting the games and I know some events will hopefully be in my area so as a businessman and a sports fan I'm delighted.

Miller wrote:

It doesn't even matter yet, we still have 6 years until then.

Yeah and we had 2 or was it 3 years to finish Wembley and thats already late
I have to say my confidence isn't high it will be finished in time.
And how much over budget is it gonna be

Last edited by Jinto-sk (2006-10-27 06:25:24)

Jepeto87 wrote:

Our company is hiring like crazy and heading over to London to get some of these contracts, cant wait to live in London fo a while! It'll be finished on time.. it will just cost a lot, we Irish dont work for nothing anymore!

Seriously though, 6 years is loads of time!

Once all the costs of living in London set in, you will be working for nothing AGAIN. lol .

dubbs wrote:

You guys did everything for the 1908 Olympics in about 2 years.

Britiain was great back then, now its just obsessed with failure and a morbid desire to see everything turn out badly.

Saying that, I do think it will be completed on time but there will be some serious shortcuts and corrupt dealings done. The area in London which will be turned in to the Olympic Park is one of the most heavily poluted areas in the country, the government has a habit of getting involved in prestige projects and mucking them up beyone belief and the proposed transport links will probably not be ready in time. Add to that and you will have "Red Ken" the mayor spouting off his own sense of lunacy at every opportunity and Lord Coe saying what a success everything will be (he gets wheeled out because a) he's a Lord and b) because he used to be a runner). God its going to be grim...

Anyone looking for someone to house sit for, say a year, sometime around 2012?