Oswald pleased with Olympic preparations (Xinhua) Updated: 2004-07-09 08:47
Denis Oswald, IOC's chief coordinator for the Athens Olympics, said on
Thursday that he was impressed with the progress made so far regarding Olympic
venues.
Oswald made the remarks after he had an inspection tour of the Media Village
located on the campus of the National Metsovio Polytechnic Institute, the
Traffic Management Center, the Olympic Stadium and the Olympic Village.
Oswald gave thumbs-up to the glass-and-steel roof of the Olympic Stadium,
which was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and cost a mammoth
189 million euros.
"A while ago I was wondering if the Calatrava roof would be able to be
slipped into place. Now it is in place and looks very good," he said.
When asked about ticket sales, the IOC official said that 80% of the revenue
target for ticket sales has already been reached, and it is thus satisfactory.
Athens is desperately stepping up efforts to sell seats for what have become
the most expensive games ever. Of the 5.3 million tickets issued, 3.4 million
are unsold by June 23.
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