Victoria park, London, the site of great Olympic celebration, ruined by an over cautious state and uncooperative nature of the London weather. Part of the difficulty in hosting the Olympics in a large international city is the issue of finding enough space to place all the things required for a successful event. This years Olympics will not be seen as a failure, but it has failed, perhaps by no fault of the organizing party, to create an Olympic atmosphere.
For me, London eerily lacks the constant noise and excitement of this once in four years spectacle. This world scale event seems to have not injected anything into a city with already so much going on. The Olympics is reduced to a hiccup in a routine.
This is the first Olympics to be available at a high quality over the internet. The BBC does an incredible job with streaming radio and video coverage. Coverage so good, that it's better than the flickering screens in these event parks. With the London weather being what it is, it is much more preferable to be at home, cold beer in hand, watching whichever and whatever event one's heart desires.
The difficulty of creating this event space is absolute lack of need for the place itself. Between home TV and the internet, the only reason to see the games is to see it in person. There is no true incentive to go to a damp crowdless park, have to go through airport style security, and buy nine pound beers. Technology has become so good at connecting us to the events themselves that event spaces that don't host the competitions themselves are no longer necessary in a nation where everyone's phone is a portal to the games.
Bonus Olympics fireworks
