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Looking behind the 2010 Olympic curtain
Posted by Ron Judd
In case you missed it, the TImes begins a four-part series on the ticket and travel monopoly that makes attending the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver so out of reach for most Olympic fans. It's a rare glimpse inside the secretive, multi-billion dollar world of Olympic business. Part one answers a simple question: Who gets tickets to the Sea to Sky Games -- and why. Find it here.
More pieces Monday through Wednesday at Seattletimes.com will:
-- Profile Sead Dizdarevic, the colorful, controversial man behind a ticket/travel monopoly that continues to grow in power and scope.
-- Explore the interwoven relationships between people who run the Games and people who profit from them -- raising questions of conflicts of interest that likely would not be allowed in the traditional world of business or government.
-- Examine the thriving black market for Olympic tickets, which involves one of the Olympic Games' most enduring dirty secrets.
Lots more to come on all this in future days, after the series plays out.
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