(ATR) LOCOG confirms a top Games expert for a key leadership post and the search begins for a company to produce the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics.
Ceremonies Tender
The tendering process is open to find a production company for the the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.
LOCOG is seeking a workhorse, able to take care of every production detail from start to finish – except for creative services. Separate calls will be made for the producers who will create the ceremonies.
“We would welcome expressions of interest from companies with a proven track record in delivering large scale events, preferably in an Olympic and Paralympic environment,” says LOCOG ceremonies chief Bill Morris.
Companies can register at www.competefor.com. Submissions and a shortlist are expected by the end of the year with a decision in early 2010.
Arnot takes London 2012 Post
London 2012 confirms Doug Arnot will be Director of Games Operations.
In a press release issued today LOCOG says “Arnot will be responsible for the overall planning, co-ordination and delivery of London 2012’s Games Time Operations. This will include integrating venues, sport, village, security, games services and broadcast functions”.
He will report to LOCOG CEO Paul Deighton and starts work today.
Arnot, 58, comes to London from Chicago, where he was senior vice president of the bid for 2016 Games, responsible for the overall plan for the Games. His Olympic resume includes senior positions in Salt Lake City and Atlanta as well as World Cup 1994.
“Joining LOCOG is another fantastic chapter in my life and I cannot wait to get started. London 2012 is a unique challenge and one I could not pass up,” Arnot is quoted in the press release.
Click here for the video of Doug Arnot at the Copenhagen IOC Session
1000 Days to London
London organizers are planning three days of events to commemorate the 1000-day mark to the 2012 Games this weekend.
The climax will come the night of Oct.31 when BT Tower, the tallest building in London, is lit along with a big screen announcing 1000 days to go. Fireworks are also included in the Saturday evening show.
Written by Ed Hula, Ed Hula III and Sam Steinberg.
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