London 2012: Food and drink rules hit Olympics fans
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[quote]Games organisers Locog have set out forbidden items in their ticket terms.
Sports fans and family groups have raised concerns about heat and expense at the 27 July-12 August Games.
But Locog said free water would be available across the venues, and the rules, including on how much food people can take, were being finalised.
Food is listed as a restricted item on Locog's website, but a spokesman said how big a picnic people would be able to carry in was "still under discussion". As was the size of sunscreen bottle that would be allowed.
He said security checks on people entering the Olympic Park site and other venues would be on a par with the "mag and bag" security seen at airports, where bags go through magnetic scanners and people are searched and where liquids in more than 100ml containers are banned.
Any liquids above that capacity would be removed, but people would be allowed to keep their bottles to fill up once through security, he added.
According to the current terms and conditions for Olympic ticket holders, items that cannot be taken into venues include:
* Food, except baby food;
* Alcohol and soft drinks, except baby milk and medical supplies;
* Liquid in containers over 100ml;
* Bottles or glass containers;
* Flasks and thermoses.
The ticket sales purchase terms also set out, in section 19.2, other restricted items including large umbrellas, drugs, horns, whistles and drums, fireworks, flagpoles, weapons, ammunition, firearms and explosives.
The terms cover Olympic Park, the venues within it, and the existing sporting venues Locog will commandeer for the period of the Games, across London and the rest of the UK.
Critics have said the rules covering food, drink and containers like those for sun cream could add unnecessary expense and inconvenience to a day out at the Games.
During the Games, Olympic football will be staged at Wembley Stadium; Cardiff's Millennium Stadium; City of Coventry Stadium; Hampden Park, Glasgow; St James' Park, Newcastle and Old Trafford, Manchester.
Football Supporters' Federation chair Malcolm Clarke said while restrictions during normal matches varied between stadiums, "airport" level security could spoil the Olympics for some.
"It sounds somewhat OTT. If you get a hot afternoon and you're there for several hours, people are going to want to take a bottle of water - in line with good medical advice."
He also raised concerns that people would be delayed by security searches.
"At football grounds it's a very inefficient process, it's a sort of 'pat down'. But anyone trying to take in an offensive weapon with half a brain could take it in.
"It's the worst of both worlds - sufficiently intrusive to be annoying but not so thorough to be productive. If they are starting to do 'airport security' it could detract from people's enjoyment."
Tara McBride, spokesperson for the Made for Mums parenting website said the restrictions could spell a "nightmare" for parents who planned to take along babies and children.
"The whole process of going to the Olympics should be a once in a lifetime event, not hours of preparation with a heavy heart," she said.
"For families travelling perhaps hundreds of miles to London, it's an extra level of logistical planning and headache and expense.
"Places that prevent you taking in your own stuff, usually sell you stuff as soon as you get in the door. It's going to create a lot of ill-feeling with families.
"Times are tough and people are already probably stretching their budgets just going. It's ridiculous. You're going to be there all day."
During the Games, archery will take place at Lord's cricket ground. Barmy Army spokeswoman Becky Fairlie-Clarke said she recognised people had to be safe at Olympic venues, but there must be enough staff to carry out security checks without holding back fans.
If ticket holders wish to buy food items within Olympic Park they will have to use cash, or a Visa card, one of the sponsors of the 2012 Games.
McDonald's will be the only branded food outlet in Olympic Park but there will be other non-branded caterers selling a wider range of food and drinks, including alcohol.
For some venues outside Olympic Park, where Locog will take control during the Games, the controls are tighter than their usual operating restrictions.
* At cricket ground and Olympic archery venue, Lord's, spectators are usually allowed to take in food and drinks including one bottle of wine or two pints of beer.
* At Olympic tennis venue Wimbledon, spectators are also allowed to take picnics, a bottle of wine or two 500ml beers, although glass is not permitted on the show courts.
The rules are also tighter than they have been at the test events held at temporary and permanent Olympic venues. There, small picnics and soft drinks in cans and plastic bottles have been allowed, with up to 500ml per person permitted.
Some 3.5 million tickets have been sold to 850,000 people, according to Locog.
The Locog spokesman said its rules for ticket holders were still being decided, ahead of the Games, and ahead of tickets being sent out.
He said of planned entry checks: "It's essentially the same as what you go through at airports, when your bag goes through the scanner and you get searched when you go through security.
"Liquids will be the same as at an airport, you won't be able to take liquids through. If you've got a bottle of water you might be asked to empty it but you'll be able to take that bottle in and fill it up when you get to the other side."
He said free water would be available, but how it was provided, such as in fountains or taps, had not been ironed out.[/quote]
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Oh fuck off. This isn't an airplane and nobody cares about bombing the olympics you bag of dicks.
Fuck that. It's all going to be expensive as shit in there.
The terrorists won.
The terrorists have won by making society fear a bombing.
Also, it's for moneymaking.
Oh shit, double ninja?
[quote]According to the current terms and conditions for Olympic ticket holders, items that cannot be taken into venues include:
* Food, except baby food;
* Alcohol and soft drinks, except baby milk and medical supplies;
* Liquid in containers over 100ml;
* Bottles or glass containers;
* Flasks and thermoses.[/quote]
sounds similar to if i went to see a live band (except the liquid)
not happy about no food though, just an excuse to overprice everything inside the area
still this hasnt been finalised so maybe they'll see sense
Lol they're gonna say no to anyone trying to bring food or drink in then charge £10 for a packet of crisps and £5 for some water.
[QUOTE=Gareth;32639692]Lol they're gonna say no to anyone trying to bring food or drink in then charge £10 for a packet of crisps and £5 for some water.[/QUOTE]
They said bottled water would be free but I have a good feeling that they won't have anywhere near the supply of water that they will need.
[quote]The ticket sales purchase terms also set out, in section 19.2, other restricted items including large umbrellas, drugs, horns, whistles and drums, fireworks, flagpoles, weapons, ammunition, firearms and explosives.
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Well there goes my hopes of selling fireworks, an assortment of weapons and guns and high explosives, and that no food thing is hilarious.
[QUOTE=MIPS;32639534]
Oh fuck off. This isn't an airplane and nobody cares about bombing the olympics you bag of dicks.[/QUOTE]
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing]Really, terror attacks[/url][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre] during the Olympics is a completely unheard of thing[/url]
That aside I think its a minor overreaction and comes down more to profit of the food vendors. Apart from the thing about bottles, that's actually a serious risk in a stadium, if you were to throw a bottle of water with a lid on from the top of the stadium you could easily kill someone.
Fucking hate paying to get into something only to have to pay 5x more than the entry fee to buy food & drink.
[editline]5th October 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Jsm;32639765][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing]Really, terror attacks[/url][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre] during the Olympics is a completely unheard of thing[/url][/QUOTE]
Eating food and going on a gun rampage are pretty different.
The only way things are ever going to change is if people protest by not attending the Olympics.
If nobody is at the Olympics, then they have nothing to sell to anyone and no crowd to watch the games.
Yet in reality, people are stupid like sheep. The media can herd them in anyway that complies with their demand for money and power.
So. What do we know by this. Well, they can limit and disallow what people carry into an event that THEIR tax money paid for. ie. Take your money and limit your rights as human beings.
We also know that they can charge you as much as they want for essentials that human beings need to survive. Such as Water, and food. Not even to mention the limiting of sunscreen. This one is actually quite interesting. Not only does this allow them to implement their scare tactics of bombing and always keep that idea in your head, but they also get to limit your protection from the sun, which is harmful for everyone. Furthermore, they can turn around and sell you sun screen for even more profit.
And why? Because, people are like sheep, we are stupid as a consensus. And will blindly follow orders without question, not once to stand back and wonder why things are the way they are, and who is to benefit from all of this.
/rant.
"The ticket sales purchase terms also set out, in section 19.2, other restricted items including"..."horns"
Horns... I think that is incredibly reasonable.
see: Vuvuzela
About the food thing. Why is everyone suprised? Lots of places do this. It's so they can overcharge you at their own food venues.
They'll just put the bomb in their baby bags... or the baby itself. Terrorists don't give a fuck, they're going to blow it up anyway. Banning shit for terrorism is stupid. We can't let them scare us like that.
"Vodka? No, I think you misunderstand, this is baby formula!"
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And disguise a foot-long hogie as the baby
[QUOTE=Soldier32;32640239]About the food thing. Why is everyone suprised? Lots of places do this. It's so they can overcharge you at their own food venues.[/QUOTE]
Maybe because it's under the guise of security.
[QUOTE=scotland1;32639990]Fucking hate paying to get into something only to have to pay 5x more than the entry fee to buy food & drink.
[editline]5th October 2011[/editline]
Eating food and going on a gun rampage are pretty different.[/QUOTE]
MIPS specificity mentioned terror in the OP (while suggesting it wouldn't happen) so those two links were kinda relevant. The fact is that the Olympics are a target of international terrorism and have been for many decades. Security measures [B]do[/B] need to be into place, but this is a slight overreaction.
It is quite obvious they are doing it to allow them to overcharge for food though.
I'll just fill my baby bottle with vodka.
I knew the management for the London Olympics was going to be terrible the moment they released their logo and mascot for the games.
I'm not sure if they're actually trying to push the gaudy police state image for London but they're doing it with flying colors.
[quote][b]McDonald's will be the only branded food outlet in Olympic Park but there will be other non-branded caterers selling a wider range of food and drinks, including alcohol.[/b][/quote]
The 2012 mascots look like these cartoon characters I made up and drew all the time when I was 8-10. I should take them to court.
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