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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1000904" data-attributes="member: 38206">Another pesky news wire on the empty seats.Soldiers fill empty Olympic VIP seats as storm growsLondon (CNN) -- British soldiers will be asked to act as temporary placeholders in premium seating at Olympic events, as organizers attempt to avoid the spectacle of empty seats at venues.The approach of filling venues with soldiers -- initially brought in to provide security at the Olympics following issues with a contractor -- began after accredited seating allocated to officials, athletes, sponsors and media went unused for stretches of the first weekend of competition.If they want to sit there and watch, they can,&quot; said Sebastian Coe, chairman of the organizing committee. &quot;It&#039;s not mobilizing the army to solve this.&quot;Organizers promised to take urgent action the issue in response to embarrassing images of empty seats at swimming, gymnastics, tennis, volleyball and dressage events.Fans had expressed anger that the seats were going unused when members of the public had missed out.<img src="http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p525/yoseft/120729125825-olympics-empty-seats-story-top.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/29/sport/empty-seats-olympic-venues/index.html?hpt=hp_t1" target="_blank">Soldiers fill empty Olympic VIP seats as storm grows - CNN.com</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 1000904, member: 38206"] Another pesky news wire on the empty seats. [B]Soldiers fill empty Olympic VIP seats as storm grows [B]London (CNN)[/B] -- British soldiers will be asked to act as temporary placeholders in premium seating at Olympic events, as organizers attempt to avoid the spectacle of empty seats at venues. The approach of filling venues with soldiers -- initially brought in to provide security at the Olympics following issues with a contractor -- began after accredited seating allocated to officials, athletes, sponsors and media went unused for stretches of the first weekend of competition. If they want to sit there and watch, they can," said Sebastian Coe, chairman of the organizing committee. "It's not mobilizing the army to solve this." Organizers promised to take urgent action the issue in response [U][COLOR=#b22222]to embarrassing images of empty seats at swimming, gymnastics, tennis, volleyball and dressage events.[/COLOR][/U] Fans had expressed anger that the seats were going unused when members of the public had missed out. [IMG]http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p525/yoseft/120729125825-olympics-empty-seats-story-top.jpg[/IMG] [/B][URL="http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/29/sport/empty-seats-olympic-venues/index.html?hpt=hp_t1"]Soldiers fill empty Olympic VIP seats as storm grows - CNN.com[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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