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Wednesday, 15 June 2005

New York Race

New York is racing to revise its plans for the bid for the 2012 Olympics.

Specifically it is rushing to complete new plans for a stadium in Queens, at a cost of $600M, after the West Side stadium plan was vetoed.

The NYC2012 bid committee executive director, Jay Kriegel, has said that the team are working flat out to complete the new plans; which he hopes will be ready by next week.

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"We have no question that this plan technically will be outstanding, will demonstrate the games will be an outstanding games,".

Both Kriegel and Mayor Bloomberg are hoping that the IOC appreciate that New York has managed to recover quickly, after the original plan collapsed.

Kriegel is quoted as saying:

"Faced with adversity, New York has gotten back up off the mat very quickly and has demonstrated the capacity to put something big, bold and incredibly complicated together in just a few days,".

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