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The price of steel shot up massively about 6 or 7 years ago and with that the cost of building stadiums.
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It's all worth it as apparently the toilets are nearer to the track now.
According to Chris Hoy anyway.
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Originally posted by PAH View PostIsn't cycling currently one of GB's strongest sports, if not the strongest in terms of recent medal hauls?
As for use after the Olympics, I propose the velodrome is used for Rollerball games:
Rollerball (1975) - IMDb
About time we got some new sports to bloodlust over.
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Originally posted by Alf W View Post£93m for a 6000 seater venue??? No wonder it has come in 'under budget'. The Milennium Stadium only costs £120m and that seats 75,000.
Who's picking up the tab for this? Why didn't they just let Manchester host the cycling and re-use the Commonwealth Games velodrome. No-one's interested in cycling anyway so they're never going to use it after the Olympics.
I'm looking forward to London's new £75m Crown Green bowling stadium opening.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostCertainly not lazy Northeners who are anyway subsidised by London. Its about time Londoners got something rather than
endlessly subbing the North.
All that loverly redevelopment and regeneration paid for by permies sweating their balls off in some cesspit in London, tulipting themselves everytime they sit on packed tube.
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Originally posted by Alf W View PostNo-one's interested in cycling anyway so they're never going to use it after the Olympics.
Isn't cycling currently one of GB's strongest sports, if not the strongest in terms of recent medal hauls?
As for use after the Olympics, I propose the velodrome is used for Rollerball games:
Rollerball (1975) - IMDb
About time we got some new sports to bloodlust over.
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Originally posted by Alf W View Post£93m for a 6000 seater venue??? No wonder it has come in 'under budget'. The Milennium Stadium only costs £120m and that seats 75,000.
Who's picking up the tab for this? Why didn't they just let Manchester host the cycling and re-use the Commonwealth Games velodrome. No-one's interested in cycling anyway so they're never going to use it after the Olympics.
I'm looking forward to London's new £75m Crown Green bowling stadium opening.
endlessly subbing the North.
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Olympic Velodrome
The 6,000-seat velodrome for the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics was officially opened on Tuesday.
The venue for indoor cycling and BMX events, expected to come in on budget at around £93m, is the first to be completed at the Olympic Park.
£93m for a 6000 seater venue??? No wonder it has come in 'under budget'. The Milennium Stadium only costs £120m and that seats 75,000.
Who's picking up the tab for this? Why didn't they just let Manchester host the cycling and re-use the Commonwealth Games velodrome. No-one's interested in cycling anyway so they're never going to use it after the Olympics.
I'm looking forward to London's new £75m Crown Green bowling stadium opening.Tags: None
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