London Admits It Can't Top Lavish Beijing Olympics When It Hosts 2012 Games
Facing an economic downturn, British officials are trying to keep costs down
Reader Comments
china's olympic budget
I think it's disgraceful for the Chinese government to have spent $44 billion on the olympics, considering the poverty and living conditions of millions of their people. Where are their priorities?, certainly not with the people of China.
Both show and money-saving is what we need!
At first,let us celebrate for the Beijing Olympic Games.As a Chinese,I was really honor to Chinese Olympic Organisetion and Zhang Yimou.But I felt that they were a little lavish too.Why we can't enjoy a wonderful and low-cost Olympic Games.I hope it will come true in London.
why not other places
london already got it before, twice I think. If they can't afford it, why not have other countries do it. Yeah, it is a big deal for the world to have a big show every four years!
London Olympic Games.
London need not prove itself or showcase to the world. The money blown on Olympic extravaganza can be spent on other needs.
China needed to prove itself and it did.We need pure games and achievements not showmanship.
Wish you were there.
Ther's no need to cost too much money on this, what we want is pure Olympic game.
As the London Mayor so nicely put it, We wont have thousands of people performing all representing a little blob of colour, but that doesnt mean our opening ceremony will be bad. We are Great Britain after all. I think we can provide an amazing show in our own way and anyway, We dont want a miltaryist display of conformity.
I am confident London will be terrific!
Olympics 2012
Britain is the world's richest and most developed country, so she will do her levelled best to outstrip the quality of the present olympics games held in an otherwise known third world underdeveloped country.
Cheap Stakes?!
@ Amused
You think Britain is cheap skate!? Look at America!
American Cars, American Food, most Americans don't even know what the word Quality Means.
Britain IS the world leader in financial services and pharmaceuticals. You can't be a cheap skate and lead the world in those industrys.
Your comment is just another show case of the lack of geographical and political knowledge most Americans posses.
If you feel the need to comment about another country ensure that your facts are correct before you take a stab because there are other countries' citizens that will stab back, like me.
sorry
that last comment was in response to the first comment
amused
no, London is just giving itself a back tracking excuse cause its too poor to compete with china. and too proud to say that directly, and thus blaming world economy. Trust the English to resort to cheap skate excuses.
