And after that?
I think the whole Stadium gets pulled down and possibly re-built as a smaller football stadium without the track...
The Hockey stadium is a temporary kit and off to Brazil as soon as the Olympics finishes.
The Velodrome stays, not sure what else is staying.
I understand the velodrom and aquatics centre are permanent, but the future of the stadium is uncertain. it will be sad if it is not preserved for the purpose it was intended. i think it would make an excellent athletics stadium for London.
I have no idea why baseball is even in the Olympics, far less why a purpose built venue had to be provided.
Loving the olympics and so are this lot. Whats not to like.
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Theyve been racing up and down the street taking it in turns being team gb and winning gold 😀
Even being the camera bikes the lot.
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I think the whole Stadium gets [s]pulled down[/s] dismantled and possibly re-built as a smaller football stadium without the track...
Isn't the Olympic stadium built out of giant meccano and recycled gas pipes?
Baseball? I thought that had been abandoned as an Olympic sport. Blimey mike, let's hope they haven't built a purpose built venue. Even by the Olympics standards of excess, that might be a little too much to swallow 😉
When does this nonsense finish?
Hell, we may even see some proper anarchy and it will be about bloomin' time too. 🙂
My mistake, there isn't a baseball venue this year. I thought there was. Baseball has been included previously though, bizarrely. Maybe we should have demanded a croquet or Eton Fives court!
It doesn't seem as though most of the venues will remain, but then they were only meant to be temporary and it's unlikely there will be much call for them after the games. There will be some great venues left but i fear most of the Olympic park will end up as commercial development, as I can't see how such a large area can be sustained for public enjoyment.
I can"t beleive the BMX track is temporary. I thought one of the conditions was that it would be a permanent fixture? And what of a road racing circuit to replace the original Eastway circuit? The vleodrome is great, but i don't see how many of the 'promises' are going to be delivered.
Hell, we may even see some proper anarchy and it will be about bloomin' time too.
Who do you propose as leader and strategic planner?
Who do you propose as leader and strategic planner?
Why, the gang of Big Hitters obviously and led by the inimitable Al. 😉
Edit: wanna join us dondon?
the gang of Big Hitters
😯
The first meeting will either finish in a matter of seconds with titty lips and flounces all round or be a long, drawn out battle of wills. Either way the general public can sleep safely in the knowledge that nothing will happen. 😀
i fear most of the Olympic park will end up as commercial development,
Oh no not a COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT!
heaven forbid a commercial development, bringing something as horrific as... commerce.
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Oh no not a COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT!
Well considering that London won the bid to host the games on the condition there would be a lasting sporting legacy, as well as regeneration of an area to benefit the whole community, that it will more than likely end up as a large commercial development area will sadly make the original promises and pledges worthless.
Which irreparably damages the Olympic Games as a force for good, i think. I cannot see the trend of negative olympic impact being reversed here in London.
Newham Council cannot afford to house all those in the borough who need housing, apparently. I cannot see how masses of expensive housing developments will benefit any of those with such needs.
regeneration of an area to benefit the whole community, that it will more than likely end up as a large commercial development
because as everyone knows, commerce brings jobs and jobs are EVIL and not good for the community
C_G - have you always hated the Olympics? Even when it's been held abroard?
Well considering that London won the bid to host the games on the condition there would be a lasting sporting legacy, as well as regeneration of an area to benefit the whole community, that it will more than likely end up as a large commercial development area will sadly make the original promises and pledges worthless.
I would hope that the sporting venues that are staying (aquatics centre and velodrome) ARE run as a commercial venture so that people can turn up and pay to use them, like every other sporting facility. (Actually, this one can run either way, a lot of sports facilities are council run and subsidised...) I would hope that it brings in commercial development which invests in the area, provides jobs, homes etc for people.
On the one hand you've got people moaning about it being a vast waste of taxpayers money, on the other hand as soon as anyone suggest commercial development to bring in money, they're against it! Can't have it both ways.
TSY - no, I haven't. Have always enjoyed track and field, used to run for around 10 years and helped out at school and local athletics club. But my principles are very strong on this issue and my contributions on the post-viral thread will make it obvious.
I am pootling again so don't say I'm stressy. 😉
Ahhh... see my guess was that you werem't enjoying watching others exercise whilst you couldn't do likewise yourself.
What are your principles on this then?
On any given day STW has more than it's fair share of miserable sods. But this thread is great for identifying the most miserable of them all.
Well done to all of them, you truly are STW's most miserable sods.
God help anyone who knows you.
What are those black boxes infront of the spectators? (i,m guessing the obvious answer is speakers but i thought i would ask anyway :-).
I'm guessing they were the pixels in the opening ceremony
cinnamon_girl - Member
....we may even see some proper anarchy
I guess that'd be the comfortably orf middle-class middle-aged shire-living anarchy: maybe an untrimmed hedge or two, a crooked floral border, unfilled bird feeders, rowdy ball games on the green and an unkempt shrubbery 😆
GALFFS....
Yes I'd love to hear about these principles too. What is it about enjoying a London Olympic Games that bars entry to ethical nirvana?
I'm guessing they were the pixels in the opening ceremony
Most seats have a little 'paddle' with a 3x3 grid of LEDs on them. They're computer controlled so they can display pictures across the whole seating area. You can see them if you look at this somewhat large panorama I took:
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Nah, that wouldn't bother me!
I feel the country is in a total mess and the Government isn't facing up to its responsibilities. Am having to shell out for medical treatment that the NHS won't do, countless others are suffering in differing ways, and it's not going to get any better.
It's insulting that money can be spent so frivolously.
And breathe ...
Anyway, how are you doing? What are you training for just now?
I guess that'd be the comfortably orf middle-class middle-aged shire-living anarchy: maybe an untrimmed hedge or two, a crooked floral border, unfilled bird feeders, rowdy ball games on the green and an unkempt shrubberyGALFFS....
Oh dear, resorting to insults. 🙄
mikeconnor - MemberI understand the velodrom and aquatics centre are permanent, but the future of the stadium is uncertain. it will be sad if it is not preserved for the purpose it was intended. i think it would make an excellent [s]athletics stadium for[/s] venue for a lot of silly Kevins to ride around being righton whilst keeping out of the way of the grown-ups of London.
I would hope that the sporting venues that are staying (aquatics centre and velodrome) ARE run as a commercial venture so that people can turn up and pay to use them, like every other sporting facility. (Actually, this one can run either way, a lot of sports facilities are council run and subsidised...) I would hope that it brings in commercial development which invests in the area, provides jobs, homes etc for people.On the one hand you've got people moaning about it being a vast waste of taxpayers money, on the other hand as soon as anyone suggest commercial development to bring in money, they're against it! Can't have it both ways.
i am personallu looking forward to being able to visit the velodrome for sporting events, and to be able to use it myself. I hope this will be the case. i accept that a certain amount of commercial involvement is necessary. I have no problem with that. Hopefully the commercial development of the area will bring in jobs, but will they necessarily be for local people? Most of those employed in nearyby Canary Wharf for example are people from outside the area, who commute in. I would like to see a lot more investment in local education and healthcare, rather than just more 'luxury apartments'. If there is to be this much lauded 'lasting legacy', then it should begin locally. There is massive potential in that area, and it's vital that this is considered. i am fearful this will not be the case however, as past efforts have not had anywhere near the beneficial effect first claimed. i'm struggling to see how it will be different this time.
cinnamon_girl - MemberOh dear, resorting to insults.
No, just gently prodding your middle class sensibilities old thing 😆
i am personallu looking forward to being able to visit the velodrome for sporting events, and blah blah blah
We'd better alert the media. You could dove-tail your concerns into the next parade of numpties cluttering up the intersections of the city.
It's insulting that money can be spent so frivolously.
I thought that we (the nation) had made a comittment to host it. It's not like we could ask everyone else to 'bring a dish', is it?
I don't disagree with you re the Gov't. It's the Torys being Torys. Maybe we need some more strikes?
I don't disagree with you re the Gov't. It's the Torys being Torys. Maybe we need some more [s]s[/s]trikes?
Tragically I've just found out the nearby Little Chef has been converted to a Starbucks 🙁
My plan of organising a run to it, eating an Olympic breakfast then seeing who can get the furthest without throwing up has been fatally scuppered.
The Hockey stadium is a temporary kit and off to Brazil as soon as the Olympics finishes.
The stadium may be a temporary fixture, but the 2 pitches are going to be moved up the road to Lea valley park so local clubs will be using them after the games. I'm disappointed that they didn't stick to the original downsizable athletics stadium plan, but at least some sports will genuinely benefit from the games legacy at grass roots.
My plan of organising a run to it, eating an Olympic breakfast then seeing who can get the furthest without throwing up has been fatally scuppered.
Dont diss the 'limpic brekkie! thats proper athlete food that is
No, just gently prodding your middle class sensibilities old thing
Sorry to disappoint mate but no 'middle class sensibilities' will be found on my person.
Try harder.
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Are there any flies on you, c_g? 🙂
Yeah I know I can be a right grumpy cah sometimes! 😳
cinnamon_girl - Member
Yeah I know I can be a right grumpy cah sometimes!
yeah, me too - sorry for the dig 😳
Don't apologise for being grumpy.
Anyway, another thing that grates about the games is the underlying ethos that because some of our nationals (even the plastic nationals) can excel in a sport, that somehow this means that everything is all right with the world and is a cause for mindless celebration. I'm uncomfortable with that sort of chauvanistic undercurrent. Perhaps the long shadow of Berlin 1936 still looms...
So what you are saying is that because the world is far from perfect, we cant enjoy seeing the finest athletes striving to perform their very best. That the very definition of miserableism and I'm not going to live like that.
You can enjoy what you want. I'm sickened by it all.
ohnohesback - Member
You can enjoy what you want. I'm sickened by it all.
Sickened?....jesus christ, some people really need to learn about perspective.
At the weekend i went out to an old lady who had been tortured for a few hours (burned with boiling water, waterboarding etc etc) until she handed over her jewellery and remembered the code to her safe....its on the news at the moment....that was sickening.
ohnohesback - MemberYou can enjoy what you want. I'm sickened by it all.
Are you Morrissey?
I struggle with long sentences, but....
I was/am a big skeptic about many aspects of the olympics, but I always said I would enjoy some of the actual sport (which is what it was originally supposed to be about, eh?).
While enjoying the British success, I do find that the BBC (and most of the rest of the press TBH) has more than a hint of nationalist propaganda about it at the moment - and it's as if any problems have all been washed away on a tide of patriotism.
