I was talking to a friend of mine here and he asked if I had seen any reports of how slack the attendance is at the games. Both of us are vets of the 1996 Atlanta games and we remember, VIVIDLY, the crowds that hounded our streets for two weeks. Because we were working in the Olympic Village (Georgia Tech), we didn't have the luxury of escaping the city for the games like the rest of the locals.
I can understand some skepticism and concern regarding security and terrorism, but get real. We had one hell of a security set up here and that was BEFORE 9-11. Can you imagine what Athens has? Not only did we have awesome security, but look where it got us. We allowed a skinhead-dipshit-assbrain murderer to kill two people with a pipe bomb in the city park. If your turn is up, your turn is up.
The Olympic Committee thought about giving tickets away, but they said that wouldn't be fair to those who paid. On the one hand, that pisses me off, because I would KILL to go to Greece, especially since the hotels and restaurants are giving such mass discounts. On the other hand, if I dropped thousands of buckies to get tickets, fly over there, stay in a hotel... and then they started giving away tickets - hmmmm, yeah, I can see their point.
It's too bad attendance is so poor. I have a TV in my office and I get to watch all the games live. Some of the contests are really good, but I feel like I'm the only one watching.
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