London Olympics 2012 count down begins with just few hours left for the weekend opening ceremony. While Danny Boyle will be busy with his preparations for the event at the prestigious ceremony, let's take a quick look at what is happening around the busy metropolis. The Oscar-winning filmmaker is said to have enlisted the likes of Sir Paul McCartney and James Bond star Daniel Craig to play a part in the £27m event.
Well if you are at the venues for the select games of your choice, then take care to follow the rules. You can't turn on the hotspot to use as a WiFi connection for your laptop to, say, liveblog the Olympic event inside an official venue. The official London 2012 website says, "Personal/private wireless access points and 3G hubs (smart devices such as Android phones, iPhone and tablets are permitted inside venues, but must not be used as wireless access points to connect multiple devices)." Hope that does not upset you, however how the organizers plan to restrict this, is yet to be made known. But probably media will have certain preferences or those galleries will have the exemptions removed.
Next for all those die-hard soccer fans, the major rush for tickets after the opening ceremony is for soccer and the London Olympics 2012 has sold almost 1.6 million tickets for the men and women soccer tournaments, and only 500,000 are available. Hurry up if you do not want to miss out on action. Soccer is one of two sports that kicks off the London Games early, along with archery.
The hot news is that the Japaneses contingent of 518-member has reached London to better their standing in this year's Games from Beijing four years ago. Japan secured 25 total medals which include nine gold, six silver and ten bronze in the 2008 Games garnering them 11th place.
The London Olympics 2012 is getting more and more hotter with the streets leading to the stadium being decorated of all kinds. The walls of the roads have become an exhibitions of Graffiti experts including stalwarts like Banksy have taken to the streets to add expression to the upcoming event. One stencil features a javelin thrower armed with a missile while the second is a portrait of an Olympic pole vaulter in mid-jump landing in the direction of a filthy mattress below. The shop shutters have also spruced up to welcome delegations from across the globe.
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Commercially London Olympics 2012 is sure to bring in many more Pounds in to the country. Many establishments of international repute have opened out here. The Center for Retail Research estimates that the net impact on retailers of the Olympics will be £561 million. Much of this impact will be felt in London. Among the major brands making headway to London, are Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel and New York department stores before the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. The most important of course is Victoria secrets lingerie stores opened in Westfield, London.
For more news on the latest happenings in London Olympics 2012, keep watching this space. London Olympics 2012 is sure to capture our cynosure the next week and Wishesh is not going to let you miss out on anything important, either. But of course watching overnight TV and turning up late could become a regular habit, the coming week. Hope employers understand our crisis and amicably adjust for the week long irregularity. Happy London Olympics 2012. (With inputs from internet-AW AarKay)
