£27 million for Olympic opening ceremony. Obscene!

[goldstone]

£10 million would have been obscene, but £27 effing million

 

[Pat McCrotch]

and what are we getting for 27 million?

a farmyard scene

 

[Stat Brother]

£10 million would have been obscene, but £27 effing million

You're not wrong.
But over the last couple of months the level of patronising, self satisfying, sneering that people have attached to an event, that hasn't even happened is really pi$$ing me off.


Edit: Thanks Pat.

 

[Beach Hut]

Not really you rarely get a chance to showcase your country to roughly a quarter of the global population - money well spent

 

[Woodchip]

It's cheaper to keep the royal family.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

We can't pay Becks peanuts! Well we could, he'd still go away happy, his accountants won't allow it though.

 

[DumLum]

and what are we getting for 27 million?

a farmyard scene

Will there be teletubbies?

 

[Uncle C]

The money is not lost or destroyed. It is just being fed into the economy. Good sense.

 

[pottert]

£10 million would have been obscene, but £27 effing million

It is what it is

What is the point of spending all that money to host the Olympic games in London & then worrying about how much the opening ceremony costs.

 

[brunswick]

Not really you rarely get a chance to showcase your country to roughly a quarter of the global population - money well spent

lol

another "ego, look at me" style post by beach hut. justifying the spending of that on a silly ceremony. a country is based upons it foreign policies not its stupid sports ceremonies.

 

[Stat Brother]

and what are we getting for 27 million?

a farmyard scene

Why is the stadium a bowl?

Shouldn't someone mention it needs straight track, too?

 

[Geriatric Seagull]

It's a new Fisher-Price toy - on the market in time for Christmas!

 

[Beach Hut]

lol

another "ego, look at me" style post by beach hut. justifying the spending of that on a silly ceremony. a country is based upons it foreign policies not its stupid sports ceremonies.

What absolute bollox about ego it is all about an opinion ignoramus.

In my view it is going to be a huge event for us to showcase to the world our country.

 

[The Buttery Biscuit Base]

Okay, it is a lot of money!

But look at it this way, the more money that is spent (in general) the quicker we get out of recession, get some more money moving round the country.

It's gonna be brilliant.

 

[grummitts gloves]

We'll never get back the amount spent. Showcase my arse. No country will want to do business with UK just because we spunked an obscene amount of money on the Stratford Sports Day. Can't wait until it's finished.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

£2.2 billion has been raised by the Lottery. Is the Opening Ceremony funded by taxpayers?

http://www.london2012.com/about-us/funding/index.html

 

[goldstone]

Not really you rarely get a chance to showcase your country to roughly a quarter of the global population - money well spent

The UK does NOT need to be showcased. We are already one of the highest profile countries in the world. Showcased for what benefit exactly?? And how will a farmyard scene help to showcase the UK? Assist our manure exports?

 

[Notters]

The money is not lost or destroyed. It is just being fed into the economy. Good sense.

This. Do people not know what money is?

 

[goldstone]

The money is not lost or destroyed. It is just being fed into the economy. Good sense.

In which case it should be "fed into the economy" by giving it to the needy to relieve poverty. That way it would serve two purposes.

 

[Arkwright]

No pleasing some people, if the opening ceremony is rubbish they will moan and if it is brilliant the self same people will say "well it did cost £27 million".

It's a great unknown whether the Olympics will be a loss maker or turn a profit, I'm sure that everything has been budgeted for.

I for one just can't wait for the Olympics to start.