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The University of Central Florida (UCF) Forum is a weekly series of opinion columns presented by the UCF News & Information. The columns are the opinions of the writers, who serve on the UCF Forum panel of faculty members, staffers and students for a year. A new column is posted each Wednesday at UCF Today and then broadcast between 7:50 and 8 a.m. Sunday on WUCF-FM (89.9).
Publication Date
6-20-2012
Keywords
Olympiad; London Olympic Games; Expenses; London 2012; Olympic legacy; Investment; Olympic infrastructure; Olympic Park; Sports venues
Introduction
The Games of the XXXth Olympiad will begin in London on July 27, and they have been anticipated in England with a combination of excitement, media hype, public indifference, anxiety, and debate.
Subjects
Olympic Games (30th : 2012 : London, England); Cost; Olympics; Legacies; Olympics--Management
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941-(VIAF); Crepeau, Richard C., 1941-(LC)
Collection
Publisher
University of Central Florida
STARS Citation
Crepeau, Richard C.(2012). An Olympic-size debate: cost vs. Legacy. UCF Today, 2012-06-20. Retrieved from https://today.ucf.edu/topic/olympic-games/
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