Re: Olympic Dress Rehearsal

["Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au>]

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> In article <39bc15d2@news.iprimus.com.au>,
>   "Russell Norton" <russelln@iprimus.com.au> wrote:
>
> > Running efficiently is now a problem for CityRail. People were
> complaining
> > that they allowed 3 hours to get there (as advised), got there in 30
> mins,
> > and were left with nothing to do for 2 1/2 hours :^) There's no
> pleasing the
> > public....
>
> Surely the crowds at the dress rehearsal are totally unrepresentative
> of the numbers there will be at the "real" events?

There were *over* 100,000 people at the first dress rehearsal (the stadium
only holds 110,000). All of them were subject to the same security checks,
and used the same transport modes as the real thing.

> And what about people arriving in the morning who have to compete with
> commuters?

Shouldn't be too many problems with a combination of Olympic timetable /
school holidays / altered work hours.

> This is as crazy as saying just because events at Olympic Park (Easter
> Show etc) went well that means that the Olympics will also go well.
>
> These were weekend and Bank Holiday events where punters did not have
> to compete with commuters.

The Easter show which you have mentioned, goes for several weeks, not just
weekends. Admitedly it is held mostly during school holidays, but then
again, so is the Olympics.

Russ.

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>
> Frank
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