The London 2012 Olympic Games Days To Go

The three sponsors of the Olympic Games intend to withdraw Gap difficulty of 750 million pounds in London is filled in


The London Olympics is held four years later, but there is a sense of urgency in Organizing Committee now. Has visited and swept across the global financial crisis to grant recently, the sponsor and TV broadcasters no longer invest a large amount of cash and huge cheque in sports, but put more energy in dealing with the economic crisis.

It is reported, National Audit Office of the United Kingdom has already warned, the cost of London Olympics may exceed 9,300 million pounds in the budget, and the present global financial turmoil has added greater difficulty to financing of 2012 Olympic Games of London. The officers responsible for venue construction of the Olympic Games say, the credit shortage in private economy has influenced the preparation for establishment and systematic setting-up of security protection of Olympic Village and media center, the question hold talks with just financing in the bank circle in the party concerned at present.

The three sponsors intend to withdraw

There are 12 big enterprises such as coca-cola, Samsung in all in the whole world long-term cooperative partners of the IOC. But news claims that 3 companies intend to withdraw from the ranks of TOP sponsor among them, another family is hesitating. In addition, the assets of many private banks sponsors and investors shrink by a wide margin.

Meanwhile, already 9,300 million has arrived from improvement of 2,400 million initial pounds in the budget of the London Olympics, it may be up to 3,500 million to among them build one expenses alone. In this case, London BOCOG encounters the double crisis of economy.

But responsible for commercial operation officer soup full of trees to say financing have large big problems, because has already received 650 million pounds for 400 million supported in the amount of money as far back as 2006.

British medias do not generally have an optimistic view of the financing prospect. " Independent Newspaper " say, want, let London Olympics hold smoothly, provided that, need the Central Bank has bungled for the first time Great Britain.

Gap difficulty of 750 million pounds is filled in

London Olympic prepare to establish office say London Olympics Olympic Village from the sponsor a large proportion among them of the pound of budgets a few days ago, British government only bears 250 million pounds among them. But financial crisis come, including that the Olympic Games builder unites and defeats the group to support commercial city continue, invest to the Olympic Games no longer while being many. A fund shortfall up to 750 million pounds has appeared in this way.

"There were a lot of things in two weeks in the past to change poorer and poorer. "The Britain Olympics is delivered to office President Armitt and said. In order to guarantee to finish the construction of Olympic Village in time, the only route is the emergency preplan fund which launches 2 billion, take out use of half from it.

In Armitt's view, it will be an extreme thing that all venue construction of the Olympic Games is finished by the government, "this is not the situation that we looked forward to originally. "

Olympic venues will shrink and build

Will revise the scheme of building at the same time, for example 3200 sets of athlete's apartments of the original plan will be probably reduced is 2200 sets, originally 4 people's room has to fill in into 5 people; All use and build temporarily as the basketball hall and shooting hall.

BOCOG has presented the fund shortfall too in the construction of the press center, the officers agree to cutting down after consulting by 1 hundred million building expenses unanimously. Originally complicated facilities will be reduced by 80%, some was low provisional buildings of the fabrication cost will be used in a large amount.

"Organizing Committee has made the extremely effective work under the market condition worsening gradually. " a few days ago mayor of London market Johnson fitted, " we can unquestionably hold an Olympic Games excellent beyond compare in case of not increasing the budget. "