London Olympics Tag

After a four year wait we have finally reached the 2012 Summer Games in London.  This year's edition of the Olympics will mark the third time that the city of London will host the games.  The previous 2 times were in 1908 and 1948.  The games in 1944 were originally scheduled to be held in London, but World War II prevented the Olympics from taking place and the city of London was awarded the games in 1948.

The anticipation for the 2012 games has reached its pinnacle as we approach the Opening Ceremonies.  The Opening Ceremony is scheduled to take place tomorrow, Friday - July 27th,  at the new Olympic Stadium in London.  Ceremonies are expected to start around 9 pm local time and 4 pm ET, however the NBC family of networks will not be airing this event live.  Instead, the network giant will hold off until prime time and the Opening Ceremony coverage can be viewed on your local NBC station starting at 7:30 pm ET.

This past Tuesday police officials in London began conducting security tests for the 2012 Summer Olympics.  In order to prepare for every situation the London police have teamed up with the Met, UK Border Agency, and other surrounding police forces.  At this point there has been 600 million pounds set aside for the operations of all security during the 2012 Olympics.  The 600 million is just a piece of the reported 9.3 billion pounds that is required to host the 2012 Summer Games.  It has also been reported that the Olympic Security committee will use up to 12,000 officers at the peak of Olympic traffic.

Check out our latest YouTube video highlighting the fantastic city of London and our London in 2012 travel programs that are available now for 2012.

On our company's site inspection in August we visited all the most spectacular sights and the great hotels that we are offering for travel packages. All of our hotels are in great locations, all close to the Tube - the subway system that links the city to all the Olympic venues and sights.

View this video and feel free to call our office and speak to a Sports Traveler representative to discuss the planning of your trip to the greatest sporting event on the planet!