SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK SHOWS HOW TO MAKE SPORTING LEGACY DEVELOPMENTS LAST
June 1st, 2011
BY BARBARA BIERACH and WOLFGANG MUELLER
THE SYDNEY 2000 Olympic Summer Games have been hailed as "the best ever", even outside Australia - and a rosy reputation seems to surround the commercial development of the legacy sites as well.
According to the Sydney Olympic Park Authority the Sydney Games are "internationally recognised as a leading example of urban renewal". The park's executive manager for government relations, Mike James has the numbers to prove it: in 2009 over 9 million people visited Sydney Olympic Park, twice as many as in ...
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