Re: Olympic Dress Rehearsal

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

antstig@my-deja.com wrote:

> In article <39BD7041.20EB4B19@ozemail.com.au>,
>   trainman@ozemail.com.au wrote:
> > antstig@my-deja.com wrote:
> >
> > > Surely the crowds at the dress rehearsal are totally
> unrepresentative
> > > of the numbers there will be at the "real" events?
> >
> > I think they were expecting around 100000 at the rehearsal.
>
> How does that compare with the crowds expected at they Olympics?

About the same.

> > They did run one football game in the afternoon peak a while ago.
>
> I think a football game is a lot different than the Olympics! I wonder
> how the football game affected the afternoon peak.

The football fans are made up of a high proportion of yobbos.  The Olympic fans
would be more sensible.  I would suggest that the opening/closing ceremonies
would be the only events that really tax the transport as much as the football.

--
David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
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