Posted on 08/14/2012 3:37:03 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
LONDON: Britain's recession-hit economy was unlikely to have won a major boost from the London Olympics that have been a triumph for the nation's athletes, analysts say.
While Britain's construction sector benefited hugely before the Olympics, experts have said the 17-day sporting spectacle had not delivered significant financial rewards and neither was it expected to in the months and years ahead.
Mary Rance, chief executive of tourism body UKinbound, said the Olympics, which have cost British taxpayers £9.3bil (US$14.5bil) to stage, had failed to lift her sector.
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“Let’s see, there’s a global financial collapse, the european union is on the rocks, and they put on a show celebrating their godless socialist state, with lots of condoms so the athletes can fornicate like rabbits. How’d that work out? The amusing part is that it took “experts” to determine it was a bust, with the taxpayers picking up the tab as usual. If england was a fast food joint, it would be called “home of the moron”.”
Yeah, you Americans are so much cleverer than us Brits. We’re not clever enought to elect a foreign muslim president for your secular country or spend $2.5bn playing Mario cart on Mars while our economy flat lines and the Chinese buy anything worth having. As for fast food, well as you get close to a white minority country, at least my KFC shares will hold up. . . . . . .
“Istanbul? It’s a lock then. First Muslim Olympics. Beach volleyball will make their heads explode.”
You’ve never been to Turkey have you? It’s knee-deep in topless beaches. . . . . . .
Good topless or Bad topless?
Is it true that the Salt Lake City Olympics turned a profit? I thought I read that somewhere.
Muslim influence over there formerly solidly secular government is growing. We'll see how many topless beaches there are 8 years from now.
The Olympics are best suited to tinpot dictators who want the world to pay attention to them, and who can extract the funding from their subjects. China, for example. Free people should avoid hosting like the plague.
Works out at about £130 per capita for the UK population. Worth every penny of my £130, as far as I'm concerned. Wouldn't have minded paying as much again to get this result.
Which is why you hosted them twice in the last 16 years?.
It was different during the Cold War. The Olympics were a way to showcase the west to the commies in a way that the commies could not hide from their people. It was worth spending a little money for that purpose.
4 times in the last 32 years in a 22 year period.
1980 - Lake Placid
1984 - Los Angeles
1996 - Atlanta
2002 - Salt Lake City
Sad. You’d think a sun-drenched place like Athens could at least make use of an outdoor pool.
But what the hey! It was only free money from some other EU tax payers... More please! Now!
“We’ll see how many topless beaches there are 8 years from now.”
Probably down to as few as there are in the US by then. . . . .
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