With three years to go, the new stadium to host the London 2012 Olympics is according to various sources, is on schedule and still within budget. The exterior of the building is now nearly finished and the ’soup bowl’ is ready for it’s interior ingredients.
Although they have been concerns about the logistics of hosting the Olympics during a global recession, many of the sponsors for the games were locked into agreement before the current financial turmoils of today. And of course, there are the IOC international sponsor, so there are no funding concerns for the future of the new stadium.
Britain’s capital city is gearing up for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games which will be held in London and the surrounding areas during the summer season. London hosted the Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948 so the 2012 event will be the third time the games have been held in Britain. [...]
London 2012 tickets sales may well change the way all tickets are sold in the UK. Whilst london 2012 tickets are going to be sold at a fair price, the measures that are put in place to control them may seem on the face of it good, but in reality [...]
Signs that the gravy ridden sponsorship train may be leaving the station were very much in evidence in the United Kingdom yesterday. First of all when the news, albeit expected, hit that the insurance giant American International Group (AIG) will be unable to renew its shirt sponsorship deal with Manchester United world club soccer [...]
The Olympic Games were first celebrated in 776 BC in Olympia (hence the name) in Greece. According to legend, Hercules is the originator of The Olympic Games. Legend says they were created to honor Hercules father, Zeus. [...]
