« on: August 31, 2008, 01:12:26 PM »
LONDON (Reuters) - The opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games should involve all of London, not just the main stadium in Stratford in the east of the capital, Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell said on Saturday.
Olympic Games are traditionally opened and closed at a single venue as happened earlier this month in Beijing, where China won plaudits for its extravagant ceremonies in the futuristic Bird's Nest stadium.
"We don't want to try to emulate Beijing," Jowell told the Independent in an interview. "What we want is new ways of thinking about the opening ceremony.
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