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Umbrellas, soft drinks classed as security risk at Olympic venues

Thursday 10th July, 05:04 AM JST

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9 Comments

OssanULTRA at 08:20 AM JST - 10th July

Geez. Why don't they just declare martial law during the Olympics. Or maybe they have.
Zen_Builder at 08:34 AM JST - 10th July

What did you expect? Hey, maybe we should send debito over there to sort them out.

I am all for the Olympics but few recent venues really cater for the visitors. Hence why I think Madrid is a much better option than Rio(sky-high crime-rate) or Tokyo, etc.

Also given the Olympics to exotic destinations might sound nice but few will travel that far and attend them. Thus the attendance figures will be low and the hosting cities might/will take a loss.

I honestly hope madrid gets the next one, they already got the infrastructure(tourist industry), etc in place.

Don't think that Tokyo will do well with their current plans on getting rid of Yoyogi-koen to build NEW stadiums, etc.

Also most people want more than a few Olympic events when they visit, for many it will be their first visit to the location so they will want to experience the history, see sights, etc.

Personally, I like the idea of co-hosted events like the Korea/Japan World-cup, as it benefits the region as a whole　and is not that big a drain on a single source/venue.
some14some at 08:46 AM JST - 10th July

Security will be the top priority whenever or wherever any large scale event is held. Hokkaido Toyako summit held at the extreme remote corner of the world had the tightest security arrangements is one such example. People may have to compromise all in the name of Bush's 'war against terror' 21st century slogan.
OssanULTRA at 09:05 AM JST - 10th July

"People may have to compromise all in the name of Bush's 'war against terror' 21st century slogan."

The compromise is because of Terrorism. Not Bushes "War on Terror".
Altria at 09:31 AM JST - 10th July

How can you cause terror with a soft drink? By shaking it up and spraying it on someone?

I wonder what Coca Cola has to say about this as a sponsor of the Olympics.
RepublicofTexas at 01:06 PM JST - 10th July

How can you cause terror with a soft drink? By shaking it up and spraying it on someone?

I think it's okay to buy soft drinks once inside, you just can't bring them in. Also, I think it's the same concept as why you can't bring liquids onto airplanes.
Xeno23 at 05:00 PM JST - 10th July

Hey, just thought of this: biggest security risk of all? People!

If we'd just bar people from airports and public venues, etc., voila: no security problems!
wilbur at 06:52 PM JST - 11th July

more and more i'm glad i declined tickets
rajakumar at 07:35 PM JST - 11th July

28 DAYS TO GO.

Umbrellas and soft drink bottles can be used as projectiles by spectators to deliver crushing blows to the games.

Spectators should just let your national teams display crushing blows and not enter into crushing blow business via missiles of soft drink cans/bottles/umbrellas/other objects of theirs.

Hooliganisms/1972 type olympics sports sabotage at sports events, nowadays big problem in EU/China and elsewhere.

Beijing games security have big task to overcome with only 28 days to go.

I believe athen games 2004, security expenses were the highest ever.

The olympics are world highest standard events,there should be highest standards in security in 2008 games, given today spectators, hooliganism low standards. High security is good for all.

The higher the ticket price, the higher the quality of spectators.