Moscow 2012 promises tight security, more than a dozen new sports facilities, mid-range hotel rooms and improvements in the city’s smog-belching traffic, if it is the host city for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, reports the Associated Press.
Moscow’s deputy mayor Valery Shantsev said the city would have to spend about $10 billion (U.S) to stage the event, the bulk of the money coming from private sponsors.
If it wins the bid, organizers expert to earn $160 million to $200 million in profit.
Fifteen new sports facilities, including a state-of-the-art tennis centre for 12,000 spectators and a new water sports arena to seat 15,000 would need to be built.
The bid also contains a pledge to nearly double the city’s hotel capacity from 33,500 rooms to 61,000 rooms by 2012. Organizers plan to build 230 hotels to fix a shortage of moderately priced hotels, reports the Associated Press.
Shantsev said new roads and tighter technical requirements for vehicles, in line with European standards, would help clean Moscow’s pollution, and there are plans to address Moscow’s increasingly congested traffic.
Moscow’s bid also focuses on security and Shantsev said 37,000 police officers and 10,000 other officials would help ensure security at the Olympics. “We don’t have even the slightest doubt that the adequate security will be ensured”, he said.
