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Offline Ben Lessani

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London Olympics - massive loss of money!
« on: 27 January 2012, 17:26 »
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Re: London Olympics - massive loss of money!
« Reply #1 on: 27 January 2012, 17:33 »
Stick the VAT up to 25% that will sort it.
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Re: London Olympics - massive loss of money!
« Reply #2 on: 27 January 2012, 17:58 »
That's quite cheap.

All the stadia and land etc..   for £766 Million


Compare that to Yankee Stadium.

Only 50, 291 seats.

Cost £988.3 Million.

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Re: London Olympics - massive loss of money!
« Reply #3 on: 27 January 2012, 18:01 »
Quote from: The Mighty Elvi on 27 January 2012, 17:58
That's quite cheap.

All the stadia and land etc..   for £766 Million


Compare that to Yankee Stadium.

Only 50, 291 seats.

Cost £988.3 Million.



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Re: London Olympics - massive loss of money!
« Reply #4 on: 27 January 2012, 18:06 »
Ouch.

Maybe they'll re-coup their costs just by charging babies full admission price :rolleyes:

http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/newborn-babies-charged-full-price-for-london-olympics-paper
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Re: London Olympics - massive loss of money!
« Reply #5 on: 27 January 2012, 18:07 »
I know!  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:


I only found that out when Wales said they might play Mexico at Football there.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16752531.stm

And they built it next door to the old stadium.

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Re: London Olympics - massive loss of money!
« Reply #6 on: 28 January 2012, 11:25 »
as al murry would say...its a bit sh!t really.. :wink:.
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Re: London Olympics - massive loss of money!
« Reply #7 on: 29 January 2012, 10:01 »
The london 2012 logo cost half a million.  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:  :sick:
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Re: London Olympics - massive loss of money!
« Reply #8 on: 01 February 2012, 01:43 »
It just seems mad as to how they are supposed to actually make any money off the 2 week event.
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Re: London Olympics - massive loss of money!
« Reply #9 on: 01 February 2012, 09:06 »
Recent advise from my Company as we have offices in central London is to take annual leave during the Olympics, or work from other offices. This is due the the Transport system not being able to cope!
Our parent company is Atkins and they designed the olympic park!
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