European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Now Barcelona is getting something new to go with the old. The olympics have enabled the City to draw enough funds from government and private sources to mount an extraordinary Public works Prog Arn the $7 billion Urban renewal program preparing the City for the games is As much a tribute to sculpture and architecture As it is to engineering. It involves some of the most renowned architects in the world. For the games themselves Barcelona has gutted a stadium constructed for the 1929 world s fair on month Pic and while keeping the old facade rebuilt it into the official olympic stadium seating 70,000 constructed the Sant Jordi Palace for gymnastics and other indoor events set Down several new pools throughout the City and even Laid out a Field for the new olympic sport of baseball. Perhaps the most ambitious Urban project linked to the olympics is the olympic Village being built on a Large abandoned waterfront North of the downtown. After the olympics the 2,000 High income apartments will be sold and with a nearby hotel and an office building now close to completion the pollen of area should become one of the most desirable neighbourhoods in Barcelona. It will be a key part of the City s plan to use the olympics to boost Barcelona Back to Gold medal status a place it feels it has always deserved. Travellers planning to attend the summer olympics and unable to get tickets through european travel agencies can Contact Olson trave world of Manhattan Beach Calif., the Only . Travel company authorized to sell them. The company has asked Spanish olympics officials for More tickets to the games. The company initially was granted a total of 100,000 tickets for hundreds of events scheduled for july 25 to aug. 9. But now it is asking for 30,000 to 40,000 More to meet the expected requests. At the same time the . Company is arranging trades with authorized sales agents in other nations to get More tickets for events most popular with americans. One Swap in the works is with Israel a nation that according to an Olson spokesman has Only limited interest in the opening and closing ceremonies. In the United states however these tickets Are the hottest and hardest to get. Advance tickets for each event can be ordered by mail Only from Olson trave world. As in past olympics however a Large Supply of unsold tickets for Many events Earth moving equipment rests inside the month Pic stadium which is being remodeler for the olympics also is expected to be available on site on the Day of Competition. But these tickets tend to be Only for preliminary matches for sports less popular with spectators or for events held in Large stadiums with abundant capacity. Tickets Range in Price from $8 to $100, with opening ceremony tickets running from $ k t to just More than $500. Olson trave world also has put together lodging packages for the olympics but it is not necessary to buy one of the packages to obtain tickets. For ticket information Contact Olson trave world at 1334 Parkview ave., suite 210, Manhattan Beach Calif. 90266 or Call 213 546-8400. The company also has a toll free number 800 421-2255, for those who have Access through at amp to or its affiliates. The Washington Post contributed to this article. Seville gets ready to Welcome the worlds amps Sharon Kildany Tarrant s4s Jim Derheim an archway frames the Ziralda Tower a former minaret and now a Symbol of Richard Lorant the associated press Libya and Iraq have pulled out South Africa is coming and Croatia wants in. Political upheavals Are testing the flexibility of plans for expo 92 six months before the International exposition is to open in Seville Spain. Quot the expo is a Seismograph that reflects political changes Quot Emilio Cassinello the fair s commissioner general said recently. Quot but it has been resilient enough to withstand All the movements on the International firmament a total of 108 countries Are expected to mount or share pavilions on the 538-acre cart Uja Island silt1, making expo �?T92 the biggest world s Lair Ever in terms of both size and participation Cassinello said. The fair which runs from april 20 to oct. 1 2, commemorates the 500th anniversary of Christophe Columbus s first voyage to the new world. Thousands of Trees have been planted and a Lake Lagoon and water Garden have been constructed along the Guadalquivir River to ease Seville s blazing summer afternoons. About 1 8 million people Are expected to visit tin exposition. Cassinello said nearly All pavilions Are t Complete hut a notable exception is that of the United slates Whir h was scaled Back and delayed due to Lac k of funds. Cassinello admitted the american Pavilion Tell Short of organizers expectations. Bui he added the United states says it plans to make up for physical shortcomings with a Strong exhibit that is to include the original Bill of rights. The soviet Union s Pavilion designed by a m year old lithuanian is nearly Complete. Quot they have assured us that the country will keep its name during the inns Linn so the sign on the Pavilion a which h is already up is still Good Quot he said. 1 seven countries have withdrawn plans to participate in the fair. Iran Yemen Libya Lind Iraq initially said they were coming but when the Ivrian i Aill War c Rixis deepened ear h said the it in Umstat is made participation impossible1. Malta it Eland and Andorra dropped out Lor Al reasons. N the flip Side South atm a has at it pied an invitation issued alter the Pretoria government began to dismantle apartheid. 1 lie newly Independent Baltic nations Salvu i ill mania and i Stoma were also invited. Belize i Ameir an nation that just celebrated its loth Independent e anniversary anti the breakaway yugoslav Republic of Croatia also asked in partic Pale. Spain is spending $ 1.85 billion on a a munic Lions and organization ind exper is to break even alter tit Ket sales t tit session tees i of pirate sponsorship and other in nine. Ipanis Are spending Mother $ i Hiliu it not m the silts in irl Difiori the government is spending $10 billion in improve roads airports trams and Veleit immunity Ole or outside the Bur to help Seville put on a Good shows november 7, 1991 scripts Magazine 7
