Olympic Legacy

[jake-the-peg]

So the Olymics are claimed to have paid for themselves

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23370270

Well living outside of London I don't see much that's changed where I am.

Anybody have Olympic legacy where they are? and if you have are you in London?

Does this exist and has it perculated out of the capital?

[ludwig]

I live outside of London too, and I'm gutted that we haven't all been given given big houses, sports cars and a million pounds in cash as a result of the games.

What a waste of time it all was.

[youngmafbog]

We got a real stupid (and expensive) traffic system put in place at Canford bottom, so punters could get to Weymouth.

The building of it was a nightmare and trying to negate it is one too.

I do think though that it did show the world the UK can still cut the mustard and produce good things. That sort of legacy cannot be measured though

[Old_Geezer]

Much of the benefit would be deduced from examining the deals made by big business and comparing them with what would have been expected. One hopes it means more investment into jobs and stuff, but I'd expect it to more likely be in shareholders' pockets. Outside the London area one would be even less likely to see change, but even in London, apart from the construction made to hold the Olympics, that is still there, locals aren't going to see much change. In fact on the morning TV today it was stated that local businesses had lost a lot of trade, so they certainly aren't seeing a benefit.