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Sydney's cause of concern
SYDNEY. Sept 16 (AP): Three years before the start of Sydney's 2000 Olympics, gold Is already on offer In the main stadium. And wealthy Australian sports fans are not paying much attention.
With Monday marking three years until the opening ceremony. organisers are concerned over the slow sales oi "gold memberships' for the stadium. These packages guarantee a seat for every day of the Olympics and for events at the stadium for the next 30 years.
According to an Internal memo, only one-third of 34.400 packages, at 7,500 dollars apiece, have been sold. The lack of interest from corporate Australia has Jeopardized up to 120 million dollars of funding toward the 450 million dollar venue. The 110,000-seat stadium Is the centerpiece of the Olympics, and the bulk of the money to build the stadium Is to come from the special memberships.
Atlanta, site of the 1996 Summer Games, had a similar problem when sales of commemorative bricks fell far below projections.
" Sydney organisers are confident they can overcome tha’ difficulties that beset the last Olympics, and they suspect the International Olympic Committee is keeping a wary eye on developments after Atlanta's hard-sell commercialism.
Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates expects Sydney to be better than Atlanta for the competitors.
"The important thing is that the athletes.'"
"I think we can do better than Atlanta in terms of athlete transport, and it is a very high priority to make sure that is the case."
All 10,200 athletes are to be housed In the same village for the first time at the Summer Games. Fifteen venues are near the village, Coates said. Only two, for beach volleyball and rowing, are more than a halfhour away.
Australian IOC member Phil Coles says there is an advantage in having Sydney's preparations closely monitored: Trouble can be spotted sooner.
"You've got to ignore Atlanta's problems." Coles said. "We've got to do it our own way."
The IOC this month called the latest update by the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games "remarkable." "We cannot afford to be complacent." said Michael Knight. "But it's encouraging that the IOC session feels we are on the right track."
He refused to comment on the stadium report.
SOCOG is on target with all its construction, saying the major venues will be completed by the end of 1999 and the athletes village in January 2000.
Ine local organisers expect
the Olympics to be a financial success. Earlier this year SOCOG released a revised budget predicting a surplus of 33.3 million dollars almost double the surplus forecast in its bid for the Games.
At first. SOCOG’s leadership
was unstable, with Knight and SOCOG chief executive Sandy Hollway each the third person in his Job. There no longer seems to be trouble on that front.
Greenpeace caused some embarrassment to the organisers..