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Re:Why Would Anyone Want To Host The Olympics? by m0a0t0 on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @06:02AM (#6359119)
You are right about the pscychology. I thought we did a bloody good job of hosting the Olympics. Leading up to it I thought it was going to be a bit rubbish but when they actually started there was a sense of national pride.

The problem is that the pride only lasts for a few months. After that I was (and many other people were) back to thinking it was a massive waste of money and the only place that would benefit was London. Basically what I'm trying to get across is that if you had asked me during the Olympics I'd say let's do it again, but before or after? Not a chance

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Re:Why Would Anyone Want To Host The Olympics? by andyjohnson0 on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @07:18AM (#6359338)
"You are right about the pscychology. I thought we did a bloody good job of hosting the Olympics."

I've been told by a relative, who works for the government to "sell" UK businesses internationally, that the London olympics are widely regarded as a model of how to "do it right". I don't know (and he didn't say) whether this makes it more possible to achieve long-term economic benefits that offset the cost of the event. I'm probably sceptical about that.

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Re:Why Would Anyone Want To Host The Olympics? by brokenparser on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @07:20AM (#6359343)
London 2052 will be awesome!
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