London Olympics 2012: Time to stop moaning

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London Olympics 2012 Time to stop moaningWell its time to change that. Typical moans include, its not fair I didn't get any tickets, its costing too much, there will be too much traffic on London's roads, and I live too far away.

Well let's take those one by one. You didn't get a ticket? Tough. The ticketing system was a lottery, but that was the only fair way to do it.

The way people were behaving after the first ballot was ridiculous. One woman on the news was complaining, saying her kids were in tears because she had promised them tickets and they didn't get them. Well you shouldn't have promised them should you!

The new Olympic stadium seats 80,000 spectators not 8,000,000. So when there are several million applying for tickets, don't take it personally you didn't get one. There are free events to watch, like the marathon, so if you want to be a part of the Games, get yourself along to that.

So what of the cost? Well its clear the estimates made in 2005 were not accurate, but then again there was no global recession to consider then either. This has put costs up and made investors in long-term 'legacy' projects harder to pin down.

But let me ask this, if the Olympics costs £5 billion or £13 billion, what actual cost does it make to you personally?

By time it trickles down, very little, the country aims to make a grand portion of it back in tourism anyway. Stop being a rent-a-quote complainer and get over it, there is little you or I can do about it at this point so its time to drop it.

Yes the future of the stadium has to be sorted out, but this year is all about the here and now. We can all concern our thoughts with its future once its over. As for the Londoners complaining about the effects on traffic, its also time to wind it in.

London is receiving investment that other parts of the country could only dream of, so if there are a few congested roads for a month in August, its hardly the end of the world. It can't be any worse than typical London roadworks anyway can it?

Others seem to be resenting the fact they are not close enough to London. Well England's capital city is a lot closer than Beijing, so we should count ourselves lucky.

London really isn't far from anywhere else in the UK, a few hours drive, compared to the days it takes to cross America. There will be wall-to-wall coverage on the television too like never before and football matches staged around the country.

So let's get excited, the time for moaning is over, sporting history is going to take place on our doorstep and we should all embrace the opportunity to be a part of it.

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