After the Olympics

chewmylegoff

FTBFun wrote: »

The Dome actually has turned out to be pretty succesful now, though. Hasn't really regenerated the area that much though, a lot is still wasteland.

i agree with that, the dome has gone from white elephant to success story (even if it is a repository for horrible chain bar/restaurants).

stratford area house prices are still about 10% below their 2007 peak, and there hasn't really been a discernible "olympic effect" on house prices as far as i can tell. thus it is a bit strange expecting this thing that hasn't happened to unwind with disastrous consequences for property values.

Graham_Devon

FTBFun wrote: »

The Dome actually has turned out to be pretty succesful now, though. Hasn't really regenerated the area that much though, a lot is still wasteland.

Yes, but the aim when it was built wasn't a success, unlike the example (Eifle Tower).

Bit like the leaning tower of Pisa. Wasn't built with such an aim!

mj132

GeorgeHowell wrote: »

In some cities like Montreal the olympics had a negative legacy. In others like Barcelona it was the making of them, and catapulted them into the tourism premier league. London is already in that league but hopefully this will enhance its position, as well as reinvigorating British sport.

I really hope this is the case as what the Olympics did for Barcelona was really good but I don't think London has made enough changes to go down the same path

The-Joker

Prices will fall when they all go home.

chewmylegoff

The-Joker wrote: »

Prices will fall when they all go home.

how many people are "going home". do you have some figures to back up your confident assertion? or is this just another version of the "prices will fall when HB caps come in but i am not going to present any supporting analysis" arguments.

RenovationMan

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Yes, but the aim when it was built wasn't a success, unlike the example (Eifle Tower).

Bit like the leaning tower of Pisa. Wasn't built with such an aim!

The Eiffel tower was only supposed to stand for 20 years and the structure had been designed so that it could be dismantled easily. The tower found a new use after the 1889 World's Fair as a radio tower.

No real difference to the millenium dome, which was also developed with a specific purpose (Millenium celebration instead of entrance to World's Fair), was designed to be temporary (25 years instead of 20 years) and which found a new and better use (concerts and events instead of radio).

The leaning Tower of Pisa is a bell tower and as such was built with a purpose in mind and was always intended to be a permanent structure.

purch

RenovationMan wrote: »

The Eiffel tower was only supposed to stand for 20 years and the structure had been designed so that it could be dismantled easily.

Sounds like the stupid Olympic Stadium :eek:

What a dimwitted idea to design a stadium costing over £500,000,000, that can be partially dismantled afterwards, without any clear idea what to do with the bits removed, let alone the bit left behind.

The_White_Horse

chewmylegoff wrote: »

i agree with that, the dome has gone from white elephant to success story (even if it is a repository for horrible chain bar/restaurants).

stratford area house prices are still about 10% below their 2007 peak, and there hasn't really been a discernible "olympic effect" on house prices as far as i can tell. thus it is a bit strange expecting this thing that hasn't happened to unwind with disastrous consequences for property values.

this happened when it was taken out of the hands of the wasteful inefficient and useless public sector and given to a pivate company that know what they are doing. I went to the Dome before it was the O2 and it was shockingly bad.

FTBFun

purch wrote: »

Sounds like the stupid Olympic Stadium :eek:

What a dimwitted idea to design a stadium costing over £500,000,000, that can be partially dismantled afterwards, without any clear idea what to do with the bits removed, let alone the bit left behind.

West Ham will definitely fill it. Definitely. It's not like their season tickets went on general sale or anything.

:rotfl:

kabayiri

FTBFun wrote: »

West Ham will definitely fill it. Definitely. It's not like their season tickets went on general sale or anything.

:rotfl:

On that Twenty Twelve satirical show the head of legacy was seen visiting Dagenham and Redbridge to discuss leasing the Olympic stadium to them!

Pure parody or unerringly accurate vision of events to come...?


For most of the rest of the country the Olympic legacy is much more clear cut:

"No change, just more debt"