The 2012 London Olympics will be the third time the Olympic Games are going to visit this capital city of United Kingdom. Earlier the Olympic Games were held in the year 1908 and then in 1948. In the year 1908, 22 nations from all around the world participated in the Olympic Games and England finished first in the overall medal tally much ahead of other participating countries. However the results for the host nation were not that rosy in the year 1948 when the Olympic Games were held first time after the Second World War. England finished on the twelfth rank that year amongst 59 participating nations. However this time round things are sure to look up for England. The various events of the London 2012 Olympics meet are going to be held over a number of different venues. While some of the events will use the historical or well-known venues others will be held in the newer ones which have been made ready in the anticipation of the coming events. The London 2012 Olympics are promising to be a really a grand event at any count which is going to give a lot of unadulterated enjoyment to the sports lovers from across the globe.
Preparations for the 2012 London Olympics
Ever since bagging the right to host the London 2012 Olympics the city is seething in anticipation of the upcoming events. With the coming of the year London 2012 Olympics quite obviously the Olympic frenzy has started in good measure. London won as the hosting venue of this 30th Olympic Games by beating out close competition from Madrid, Moscow and New York. On 6th July, 2005 in the final round of voting it defeated their traditional historical rivals Paris to become the proud host of the 2012 London Olympics. It is the first time in the world history when any nation has bagged the right to host this prestigious event three times. After the highly successful Beijing Olympics, London is blasting all cylinders to ensure that nothing mars or even overshadows the 2012 London Olympics event. Tourist influx in London has already increased to a high degree with hotel bookings starting up and many more to follow. The 2012 London Olympics promises to be a highly packed event with lot of enthusiastic crowd to cheer up the respective home teams and enjoying the games at large.
Transport for the London 2012 Olympics
With the high influx of tourists and spectators during the London 2012 Olympics, the city is gearing up by making optimum transport arrangements for the visitors and making the city streets and roads ready to take on the extra traffic without letting mishaps happen. This is really going to be a tall task; however with a prior experience of hosting the Olympic Games, the city is more than capable of handling the extra load of the 2012 London Olympics. The overall transport network of the city has already improved as part of the run up to the London 2012 Olympics. A tube line has been opened especially for this purpose and it has been termed as the Jubilee Line. This Jubilee Line connects London with Stratford.
Financing the big event
While the initial estimated costs of the London 2012 Olympics were $6.5 billion, the actual amounts have increased since then to $15.2 billion. The 2012 London Olympics organizing committee is thinking to raise 2 billion pounds through private funding. While the thrust of global recession is expected to affect the sales of the tickets for the 2012 London Olympics, still the organizers are hopeful to raise $820 million from the sale of tickets.
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