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Old 19-01-2013, 19:20   #9
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Re: Government bought 8,600 Games tickets

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
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.
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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