pepsi banned at Olympic venues
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They cant ban competing products, but they can ban outside food and beverages. That would mean you couldn't bring coke in either, but you could buy coke there.
Warrenton I was under the impression that you could bring in whatever you want as long as it didn't compete with an official sponsors product which is silly IMHO.
FatAlbo, that makes sense to me. Coke's HQ is only a few blocks from Centennial Olympic Park and they probably paid a ton of money.
Seems that Pepsi is banned all around Atlanta in an unspoken way. It's pretty hard to find a restaurant that serves Pepsi. They're out there, just few and far between.
What I found funny was in 92 (I think) when Jordan wore an American flag over his Reebok warmup suit at the gold medal ceremony. I guess it was something about his contract with Nike.
Seems that Pepsi is banned all around Atlanta in an unspoken way. It's pretty hard to find a restaurant that serves Pepsi. They're out there, just few and far between.
What I found funny was in 92 (I think) when Jordan wore an American flag over his Reebok warmup suit at the gold medal ceremony. I guess it was something about his contract with Nike.
Well, you should see the lame security at the olympics. They consider a swiss army knife as a "knife", since it has blade, yet you can take it on domestic and international flights, because it's not a "knife", you can enter some embassies with it since it's not a "knife", and you can even enter the FBI building with it since it's not a "knife". Go figure. Meanwhile, my son was sleeping in his stroller so we covered the stroller with a blanket so he wouldn't cook in the sun, they turned off the metal detector when I pushed the stroller though, then turned it back on before I went through. Not once did they even peek inside to see if there in fact was a baby sleeping in there. I could've really smuggled something nasty in. But no, they wanted my swiss army knife instead. Didn't even give it back when I left. Fvckers! I should've put it in my camcorder bag, they didn't even look in there either, and it didn't go through the metal detectors. Talk about screwed up! I think I'll take a bottle of Pepsi when I go to the baseball gold medal game next Wednesday, just for fun. 
You've got it the wrong way round Warrenton, you can bring your own food or drink in as long as its not a product that competes with the sponsors.
It really kill the old Aussie tradition of taking an esky full of beer in to sporting events. Which comes from the fact that tradition sporting venues here, used to only have grand stands on one or 2 or 3 sides, while having grass banks on the othersides. In those days it was often free (or there may have a nominal charge) to sit on the 'hill' to watch the cricket or footy. So one would take an esky (a brand name of drink cooler that became generic, like kleenexes) full of about 30 beers & one sandwich. Then everyone would get blind drunk & have a good cheap time. Then about 15 years ago they concreted in all the 'hills' & turned 'em into stands & banned eskies & BYO cases of beer (officially for safety reasons, but the real reason was so they can charge $4 or whatever for a little plastic glass of beer), so the cheap days out at the footy or the cricket were gone. However the esky full of beer tradition has now been taken on by the Sth Africans, New Zealanders & the British.
It really kill the old Aussie tradition of taking an esky full of beer in to sporting events. Which comes from the fact that tradition sporting venues here, used to only have grand stands on one or 2 or 3 sides, while having grass banks on the othersides. In those days it was often free (or there may have a nominal charge) to sit on the 'hill' to watch the cricket or footy. So one would take an esky (a brand name of drink cooler that became generic, like kleenexes) full of about 30 beers & one sandwich. Then everyone would get blind drunk & have a good cheap time. Then about 15 years ago they concreted in all the 'hills' & turned 'em into stands & banned eskies & BYO cases of beer (officially for safety reasons, but the real reason was so they can charge $4 or whatever for a little plastic glass of beer), so the cheap days out at the footy or the cricket were gone. However the esky full of beer tradition has now been taken on by the Sth Africans, New Zealanders & the British.
Pepsi is evil
dont drink it
people who drin pepsi are evil
[BULLET[/list]am I leavin anything out?
dont drink it
people who drin pepsi are evil
[BULLET[/list]am I leavin anything out?
For christ sakes, people are there to watch the olympic games, not contribute to advertising campaigns.
i'm so evil, bwuahahaha. On a different note....NBC's coverage of olympics sucks (again...didn't they learn anything after the Tesh fiasco in '96?)...there's too much of that behind the scenes, grew up in mountain viillage eating goat cheese and bark sh*t. Sometimes that's works fine and knowing the athletes helps us emotinally associate with the them, but it seems like they show more of those "stories", then the actual sports coverage. my .2 cents...
FatAlbo, I don't know where you get your information, but that is entirely incorrect. I was actually at the games in Atlanta. No competing products were banned, there was simply a rule against bringing in any outside food or beverages into any of the venues; much like there is at every gated sporting event I have ever been to. According to the rules, visitors were not allowed to take in outside bottles of Coke, either (a 20 oz bottle cost roughly $1.75 outside the venues, and $3 inside).
Whereas here in Sydney Reitz, its the opposite. One can take in sandwiches/ cut lunch or a drink, but no competing products.
stonerdave, corporate America? Are you aware that these games are taking place in another country?
DABANSHEE, have you been to any of the events? The Track and Field finals in Atlanta were my favorite, but the overall atmosphere was a close second. It was great; a giant street party for two weeks. There were vendors [legally] selling beer out of garbage cans full of ice on the streets of downtown Atlanta (unheard of in the US). I'm not normally a big fan of crowds, but the atmosphere was incredible: people all over the place, talking, laughing, and just having a great time. It was interesting to interract with people from different cultures from all over the world. Even the terrorist bombinb did little, if anything, to dampen the mood.
DABANSHEE, have you been to any of the events? The Track and Field finals in Atlanta were my favorite, but the overall atmosphere was a close second. It was great; a giant street party for two weeks. There were vendors [legally] selling beer out of garbage cans full of ice on the streets of downtown Atlanta (unheard of in the US). I'm not normally a big fan of crowds, but the atmosphere was incredible: people all over the place, talking, laughing, and just having a great time. It was interesting to interract with people from different cultures from all over the world. Even the terrorist bombinb did little, if anything, to dampen the mood.
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I don't know who's to blame for the over-commericialization, but the Superbowl, World Series, and Infomercials are less commercialized than the olympics. God forbid someone walk into the games wearing red, white, and blue clothes; they might not be able to compete because that's Pepsi's colors.
<< I don't know who's to blame for the over-commericialization,
but the Superbowl, World Series, and Infomercials are less commercialized than the olympics >>
Perhaps you weren't aware, but the Olympics cost a hell of a lot
more to host than any of those other events you listed. Neither
the Superbowl or the World Series require the construction of
dozens of 30000+ spectator venues, millions (perhaps billions) of
dollars in infrastructure upgrades, construction of thousands of
apartments to house all the participating atheletes, coaches and
so on. If you consider the costs behind the event, you can hardly
blame them for trying to generate income any way they can since
they only have two or so weeks to re-coup their investment.
Secondly, the Olympics offer genuiune and gigantic worldwide
audiences to potential advertisers as opposed to the Superbowl
and World Series which carry little interest outside of North
America.
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