thehusbo said:
Conegamer said:
thehusbo said:
Conegamer said:
thehusbo said:
Really looking forward to the opening ceremony later! I've been lucky enough to walk around the Olympic park in several occasions and go to the world diving championships in the aquatic centre and it's looking excellent. I'm sure it will be a good show. |
Nice! Have you been in the Velodrome by any chance? Now that's a nice building!
And the Basketball centre as well. It's huge for a temporary building!
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Ye I've been in the velodrome. It's a fantastic building and the inside looks just as stunning as the outside. My concern however is what will happen with all these buildings when it's all over.. The amount of money put into it I just don't see how they wil make it all back.
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Nice! I'd imagine the buildings will be used, or most of them. Isn't there supposed to be an F1 track at the end through the park? And the swimming halls could easily be used, the village as flats and hotels...it should be fine!
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Yep theyre in the process of building a track in the park. Not sure when it will be completed though. The flats in the Olympic village are gonna be sold of to the public, but my main concern is going to be with the main stadium. There's no way west ham will be able to fill the thing. If it actually does become west hams home ground then the government will be losing huge amounts. Also Stratford and the surrounding areas are not well off exactly well off. Despite the renovation that's gone on there i just don't see it being sustainable.
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True, that's my biggest concern. They'll never make money back on that, but the rest of it should be profitable enough to make up for the shortfall.
Whatever happened to the bird's nest stadium anyway?
