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Re: Government bought 8,600 Games tickets
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Originally Posted by Chris
I attended a seminar last week with someone from Visit Britain - the official view is it is too early to say what the immediate economic impact was, but in any case the real prize is long-term, with a higher profile for the UK as a tourist destination. So in that aspect of the legacy it will be a couple of years at least before we know.
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And yet the legacy everyone wanted of keeping the aims of sportsmanship going until Brazil have been kicked into the long grass with a fair few athletes having funding removed or certain sports being quietly dropped.
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