stellarfun
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Re: Harvard stadium. Harvard stadium is a registered National Historic Landmark. Can't be tampered with in the way you seem to suggest. Further, Harvard is spending $75 million in the next several years to reduce searing about 25-30 percent and renovate the stadium. What seems to be overlooked is that when renovating/ expanding existing sports venues in the US, they have to be made ADA compliant and that can be very expensive. Probably a reason why Harvard is cutting seating.
Re: other venues. A major cost of an Olympics venue is the seating capacity. At London, they sold over 8 million tickets. Tickets = revenue stream for the host city. When they release some details about the budget this week, we may see how much revenue from ticket sales they plan on, and how many tickets they would sell.
At London, there were separate venues for swimming/diving and water polo. Can't use the same venue for both. Water polo sat 5,000; swimming/diving 17,500 (reduced in size to 2,500 post OLympics). Swimming/diving cost $400 million. You need two 50 meter pools for swimming and a separate pool for diving. OLympic pools are wider and deeper As for length, there are two NCAA course lengths, 25 meter and 50 meter. Tufts' present pool is 25 yards, six lanes, which is appropriate for Division III. As a Division III school, Tufts is not going to pay for an Olympic sized aquatics center.
Re: Harvard stadium. Harvard stadium is a registered National Historic Landmark. Can't be tampered with in the way you seem to suggest. Further, Harvard is spending $75 million in the next several years to reduce searing about 25-30 percent and renovate the stadium. What seems to be overlooked is that when renovating/ expanding existing sports venues in the US, they have to be made ADA compliant and that can be very expensive. Probably a reason why Harvard is cutting seating.
Re: other venues. A major cost of an Olympics venue is the seating capacity. At London, they sold over 8 million tickets. Tickets = revenue stream for the host city. When they release some details about the budget this week, we may see how much revenue from ticket sales they plan on, and how many tickets they would sell.
At London, there were separate venues for swimming/diving and water polo. Can't use the same venue for both. Water polo sat 5,000; swimming/diving 17,500 (reduced in size to 2,500 post OLympics). Swimming/diving cost $400 million. You need two 50 meter pools for swimming and a separate pool for diving. OLympic pools are wider and deeper As for length, there are two NCAA course lengths, 25 meter and 50 meter. Tufts' present pool is 25 yards, six lanes, which is appropriate for Division III. As a Division III school, Tufts is not going to pay for an Olympic sized aquatics center.