The excitement of the Olympics cannot be more real now as the 1 year countdown has already began. A big party where the president of the IOC Jacques Rogge invited the world to London. He was joined by the Prime Minister David Cameron the Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Sports Minister Jeremy Hunt and the man who has organised this from the word go Lord Coe. The ambassadors of past Olympics and future Olympics were there.
The Medals were also shown in what competitors will win if they finish in the top 3 in the final of each competition and the Aquatics Centre is the latest arena to be opened. It was the last permanent site to be built which will stay after the Olympics. In the last report it said that works is 88% finished and all are on time and on budget.
The ticketing has had some problems but the demand for tickets has been very high. It is on track to be the first games to be sold out in every event. Next batch of tickets will go on sale in September. The security has come under question after all the hacking problems where the chiefs of the police have resigned but the British Government has assured that security will not be compromised or any fears should lay with that.
Legacy has been an issue that the British government has trying to keep. The issue of the main stadium it will be made into an football and athletics ground after the Olympics. West Ham will play there football there during the season and during the summer it will be used for Athletics. Also the government is in talks of selling the Olympic village. In there bid they had to promise that they will turn it into affordable homes. The plan is to have 2800 affordable homes as they make an new neighbourhood new education and healthcare facilities and new parkland and public areas for people to see. It is expose to transform that part of East London.
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