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February 25, 2005
Let Christo Run The Olympics
Forbes.com: New Yorkers are getting a raw deal from the Olympic Committee in the face of the privately-funded Gates.
New York Times sports writer Harvey Araton reflected the dissent, saying that many feel "the West Side needs a football stadium the way Simon needs Garfunkel." New York Daily News columnist Filip Bondy noted how the "pharaohs" of the IOC "practically ordered us peasants to build them a giant stadium," or it's no deal. Sometimes, though, the best deals are the ones you don't make.
Posted by lumi at February 25, 2005 7:22 AM