Games Monitor - 2012 Finance

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Games Monitor - 2012 Finance http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/taxonomy/term/113/0 en BOA constrictor Coe http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1982 Revenge is a dish best served cold and companion of dishonour Coe is enjoying his repast. His arrival at the BOA has ‘coincided’ with the departures of Chairman <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/13/lord-moynihan-step-down-british-olympic-association " target=_blank">Colin Moynihan</a>, who left a year early, the former commercial director, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2262151/BOA-chief-commercial-officer-Hugh-Chambers-loses-job-failing-sponsorship-partner-Games.html " target=_blank">Hugh Chambers</a>, and the director of sport, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19831358 " target=_blank">Sir Clive Woodward</a>, who noted the organisation was taking a ‘new direction’. <a href="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1982">read more</a> http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1982#comment Blog 2012 Finance Coe London 2012 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:45:54 +0000 Julian Cheyne 1982 at http://gamesmonitor.org.uk NAO rolls over on Olympics budget http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1923 Now the <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/london-2012-london-games-value-money-020843573.html" target=_blank">National Audit Office</a> falls into line and says the London Olympics were completed 'within budget'. <a href="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1923">read more</a> http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1923#comment Blog 2012 Finance London 2012 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:24:46 +0000 Julian Cheyne 1923 at http://gamesmonitor.org.uk In search of legacies lost http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1646 <a href="/node/1648"><img src="http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/files/images/3089086450_dfd3833dcf_z.preview.jpg" alt="The former Arena Field, site of the Media Centre, in 2008" title="The former Arena Field, site of the Media Centre, in 2008" class="image preview" height="375" width="500"></a>The former Arena Field, site of the Media Centre, in 2008 Runners are sent ahead to drum up excitement; the circus rolls into town, and the people pay. Show over and profits taken, the circus pulls out, leaving behind mere memories and mess. The five ring circus works on similar lines over a longer eight-year timescale. Why did London agree to host this circus? The time to reject a London Olympics was during the bid stage <a href="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1646">read more</a> http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1646#comment Article 2012 Arts & Culture 2012 Finance 2012 Jobs 2012 Legacy 2012 Sustainability Displacement Hackney Legacy Protest Regeneration Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:49:33 +0100 Steve Dowding 1646 at http://gamesmonitor.org.uk Jonathan Stephens has got form http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1632 <blockquote>Jonathan Stephens, the permanent secretary at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), told a select committee that he would neither confirm nor deny his alleged role in allowing Adam Smith, Hunt's special adviser, to speak to James Murdoch's office. Later, the DCMS issued a statement saying Stephens was "content" with Smith's role. <a href="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1632">read more</a> http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1632#comment Article 2012 Finance Economics Government Inquiries Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:56:47 +0100 Martin Slavin 1632 at http://gamesmonitor.org.uk London 2012 Olympic’s shameful corporate sponsors http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1609 by Steve Rushton <a href="/node/1608"><img src="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/files/images/anonymousboycottolympics1.jpg" alt="American League Against War and Fascism poster: Poster calling for boycott of Hitler's 1936 Games" title="American League Against War and Fascism poster: Poster calling for boycott of Hitler's 1936 Games" class="image preview" width="326" height="500"></a>American League Against War and Fascism poster: Poster calling for boycott of Hitler's 1936 GamesSponsors of the 2012 London Olympics profit from peoples’ deaths and destroying the planet, whilst creating a vastly unequal economic system; this smears the Olympic ethos of people coming together to celebrate sporting excellence. Desecrating the games integrity will be advertisements from companies that profit directly from and cause peoples’ death, not least BP, Dow and Rio Tinto. Nevertheless, David Cameron has come out in support of DOW’s sponsorship.[i] More broadly, it has been argued that elites within the system are attempting to suppress peoples’ rights to express their discontent against injustices in Britain and abroad. <a href="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1609">read more</a> http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1609#comment Article 2012 Construction 2012 Finance Corruption & Ethics Displacement Environment Human Rights IOC London 2012 Mega Events Sponsors Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:33:43 +0100 Steve Dowding 1609 at http://gamesmonitor.org.uk Video from CounterOlympics: London Olympics 'Lost Opportunities' http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1585 CounterOlympics first video production! A film made by Kostas Deligiannidis, Mike Wells and Julian Cheyne. <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oFrr7trd_8I?version=3&feature=player_detailpage"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oFrr7trd_8I?version=3&feature=player_detailpage" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object> <a href="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1585">read more</a> http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1585#comment Article 2012 Finance 2012 Legacy London 2012 Planning & Development Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:51:05 +0100 Julian Cheyne 1585 at http://gamesmonitor.org.uk hard a-port! http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1480 What a difference a day makes! (The bulk of) those tickets won't be <a href="http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1478">flying transatlantic</a> no more; they'll now be <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9069183/London-2012-Olympics-tickets-will-be-shipped-from-America-not-airfreighted-says-Locog.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">shipped instead</a> as, since Meredith Alexander's high-profile resignation, that 'Commission for a Sustainable London 2012' seems to have been stirred, if not actually shaken, into action. <a href="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1480">read more</a> http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1480#comment Blog 2012 Business 2012 Finance 2012 Jobs 2012 Sustainability Sustainability Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:50:35 +0000 Steve Dowding 1480 at http://gamesmonitor.org.uk gravy train flies transatlantic http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1478 <blockquote>A London 2012 spokesman said: "The contract to print tickets was awarded following a thorough, competitive and open tender</blockquote> It's becoming a familiar mantra, Coe said the same defending Dow's getting awarded the contract for the wrap. <a href="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1478">read more</a> http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1478#comment Blog 2012 Business 2012 Finance 2012 Jobs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:56:20 +0000 Steve Dowding 1478 at http://gamesmonitor.org.uk give and take http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1361 <a href="/node/1229"><img src="http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/files/images/Westfield_P1010021.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Westfield Stratford beyond Bridge LO3: A view over the 2012 Olympic site towards Westfield Stratford and Bridge LO3, 3rd March 2011, taken on the 'Printers' Paradise' walk organised by Wick Curiosity Shop." title="Westfield Stratford beyond Bridge LO3: A view over the 2012 Olympic site towards Westfield Stratford and Bridge LO3, 3rd March 2011, taken on the 'Printers' Paradise' walk organised by Wick Curiosity Shop." class="image thumbnail" height="150" width="200"></a>Westfield Stratford beyond Bridge LO3 So according to the Guardian's <a href="http://mobile.twitter.com/owen_g/status/111361166554578944">@owen_g</a> <blockquote>London 2012 announce Westfield as 44th sponsor in a £10m tier 3 deal</blockquote> <a href="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1361">read more</a> http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1361#comment Blog 2012 Construction 2012 Finance Attractions Roads Transport Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:24:18 +0100 Steve Dowding 1361 at http://gamesmonitor.org.uk Raiders of Pudding Mill Stadium http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1355 The <a href="http://www.gamesmonitor.org.uk/blog/1198" target=_blank">Pudding Mill White Elephant</a> just won't lie down. CoeLtd is still hoping to bring the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships to London. But it all depends on there being an available stadium. After all it's hard to hold an Athletics Championships without one. LoCoe has his own <a href="http://www.ttoc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1774:election-re-run-sees-bubka-and-coe-keep-places-as-iaaf-vice-presidents-&catid=2:latest-news&Itemid=233" target=_blank">IAAF ambitions</a> with the next milestone in 2015 when he hopes to succeed to the top job. The loss of a stadium could prove terminal to those ambitions. <a href="http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1355">read more</a> http://gamesmonitor.org.uk/node/1355#comment Article 2012 Finance Coe Corruption & Ethics Economics Legacy London 2012 Newham Regeneration Mon, 05 Sep 2011 05:06:41 +0100 Julian Cheyne 1355 at http://gamesmonitor.org.uk