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- They demand to meet the king prior to the opening ceremony. Afterwards, there shall be a cocktail reception.
- Drinks shall be paid for by the Royal Palace or the local organizing committee.
- Separate lanes should be created on all roads where IOC members will travel, which are not to be used by regular people or public transportation.
- A welcome greeting from the local Olympic boss and the hotel manager should be presented in IOC members’ rooms, along with fruit and cakes of the season. (Seasonal fruit in Oslo in February is a challenge…)
- The hotel bar at their hotel should extend its hours “extra late” and the minibars must stock Coke products.
- The IOC president shall be welcomed ceremoniously on the runway when he arrives.
- The IOC members should have separate entrances and exits to and from the airport.
- During the opening and closing ceremonies a fully stocked bar shall be available. During competition days, wine and beer will do at the stadium lounge.
- IOC members shall be greeted with a smile when arriving at their hotel.
- Meeting rooms shall be kept at exactly 20 degrees Celsius at all times.
- The hot food offered in the lounges at venues should be replaced at regular intervals, as IOC members might “risk” having to eat several meals at the same lounge during the Olympics.
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Frankly, that doesn't look much different from what the Rolling Stones demand when they play a show.
The thing I'm not so keen on is the tens of billions of dollars in facilities. J imagine with tens of billions of dollars of construction activity in Alberta, and the severe labour crunch that would accompany it, would do to the budget of oilsands developments and other big capital projects in the province. The buildup to the 88 Olympics happened when Calgary needed a boost in economic activity to take a bite out unemployment. Completely different situation today.
There's a reason sensible democracies like Norway, Switzerland, and Sweden are backing out of Winter Olympic bids. Soon hosting the Olympics will be confined to dictatorships.