Articles tagged “olympics”

Early reports out of London point to resounding success on opening night, despite months of setbacks and some wonderful governmental blunders. Is Romney to thank for uniting them around a common enemy?

If a famously cranky, formerly socialist songwriter can get emotional about your opening ceremony, you know you've successfully struck the right chords. Is this where we mark the first success of London's Olympics?

Like most Olympic host cities, London is set to repeat the mistakes of its predecessors by giving into pre-game hype and building up hotels rooms that will stay vacant or be given away with up to 60% discounts.

West India Dock is the busiest it's been since the 1980s as the world's 1% avoid Heathrow's lines or traffic gridlocks and dock right on the Thames for as much as 9,000 pounds a day.

The prohibitive prices that everyone feared have turned out not to be too overwhelming, making London a possibility for the Olympics fan even at this late date.

Real-time data like this gives plane-watchers plenty of reasons to decrease productivity at work by a significant percentage.

Border Agency staff resisted the strike plans after the government agreed to begin hiring 1,100 more workers to man passport control and other border posts.

So domestic visitors in UK will really have to save the day for the London Olympics, this analysis says. But they're the ones most frustrated with all the traffic, security and other snarls across London and elsewhere.

It's a novel approach to simply deny reality, but it may be the best defense in London this summer if the organizers' and government's mistakes continue to pile up.

No one is actively hoping that things will go wrong in London, but starting tomorrow critics and fans alike will be watching closely to see if the transit, security, and logistical issues that have plagued the pre-games period will spill over and drown out the big event.