Olympic games : London 2012

Thèmes abordés

London, Londres, jeux olympiques, olympic games, paralympic games, 2012,

Résumé du document

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are scheduled to take place in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.

Right after, The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will take place in London as well. They are the fourteenth Paralympics (and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012.)

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[...] They are depicting two drops of steel from a steelworks. They are named after the town of Much Wenlock, which held a forerunner of the current Olympic Games, and Stoke Mandeville, a village in Buckinghamshire where the precursors of the paralympic games were held. Finally the Summer Olympics torch relay will last 70 days starting the 18th of May and 8000 people will carry the torch 300 meters each. London Olympic expansion The key message behind the London 2012 bid was that the Games would provide Britain with a legacy: transforming people's lives through the regeneration of one of the poorest areas of London; inspiring a new generation to greater sporting activity and achievement; and supporting the Olympic movement of the future. [...]

[...] Right after, The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will take place in London as well. They are the fourteenth Paralympics (and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012.) London was elected as the host city in July 2005 defeating Moscow, New York City, Madrid and Paris (by 54 votes to 50) after four rounds of voting. The successful bid was headed by former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe . But Tony Blair's support for the bid was seen as a major boost for London and a significant factor in it beating Paris NY, Madrid and Moscow (In fact he was the only leader of the five candidate city to make a personal lobby. [...]

[...] In terms of legacy, the Olympic village polyclinic will be converted after the games into a lifelong learning centre for the east London community with a nursery and schools contributing to the regeneration of one of the poorest area of London. The Olympic village will be converted into 3600 apartments. It is important to notice that the games four arenas will be deconstructed after the games and relocated to/in other parts of the UK along with the swimming pools used for training and for water polo. [...]

[...] These include the Olympic Park and the athlete's village. By the end, nearly 2 bn Euros will be spent on regeneration and infrastructure while 684 million Euros will be spent on extra security. The government has also set aside 3 billion Euros in a contingency fund in case costs rise further. Finally, the tax bill will be equal to 958 million Euros and 445 million Euros will be spent on others costs such as the Paralympics and community sport. The total budget for the games had risen from 4.5 bn Euros (1st assessment) to more than bn Euros. [...]

[...] Organizers are estimating a sellout rate of 82% for the Olympic Games and 63% for the Paralympics. The LOCOG (London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) aims to raise million in ticket sales In order to conclude, we can easily see that organizing Olympic Games is a hard thing to do and that it costs a lot of money but in London's case it's a good initiative because it will help regenerating one of the poorest area of the city and the new infrastructures will mostly be used after the Olympic Games. [...]