BIG crowds

BIG crowds

BIG crowds A crowd of 109,318 turned up in Ann Arbor, Michigan to watch Manchester United beat Real Madrid Attendance broke a record set at the 1984 Olympic final between France and Brazil.

Brian Nourse was CIO at Glasgow

Brian Nourse was CIO at Glasgow

Brian Nourse of Melbourne was CIO at Glasgow 2014. He held similar roles at Delhi 2010 and Melbourne 2006. Methinks he along with a number of others who did such marvellous work at Glasgow will certainly be in the sights of Gold Coast 2018. Maybe they need to be quick.(continue)

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HOK is back on the sports scene

HOK is back on the sports scene

HOK is back on the sports scene Do you remember the name HOK Sport+Events? They were a party to the design of the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. That company name disappeared with the emergence 5 years ago of Populous. HOK remained in operation, based in St Louis, US, but was(continue)

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Channel Seven on a sports roll

Channel Seven will be your next Commonwealth Games broadcaster The Seven Network has agreed to pay a reported $40 million for the exclusive domestic media rights to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. The deal with the Commonwealth Games Federation includes rights across all platforms, including free-to-air and pay TV,(continue)

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