As the time entered June 1912, the popularity of the Dawn airship around the world became a little less.

But at the same time, the Sydney Olympics has also become one of the main topics of discussion around the world, and it has become the focus of European and American countries.

Especially under the premise of continuous disputes in European countries, sports competitions also have a lot of influence at the national level.

Especially in the face of sworn rivals, no country wants to lag behind, otherwise it will face frantic provocation from the domestic and foreign media and civil criticism.

The people are blind, and under the guidance of some domestic and foreign media, who knows if the anger will be transferred to the government?

With the development of previous Olympic Games, the Olympic Games are a way for a country to compete for national face and dignity by peaceful means.

If domestic athletes perform well in the Olympics, they can bring good prestige to the government and the country.

However, if the country's sports performance is mediocre, especially when facing hostile countries, and the performance is somewhat unsatisfactory, not only will the athletes be held accountable from the civil society and the media, but the government may also be implicated.

This was vividly reflected in later generations. Because of the development of the Internet in later generations, this situation can be seen almost everywhere. To sum up, the winner is king, and the loser is the loser.

If you win, you won, and you will be lifted to heaven. But if you lose, especially if you lose face in front of a hostile country, even if you have a lot of credit before, you will be portrayed as a sinner by the media and people with ulterior motives.

At present, there are many media outlets from many countries in Europe and the United States, and it is conservatively estimated that thousands of media teams have arrived in Australasia.

Before the start of the Games, there should be at least a few hundred more media teams arriving.

After all, even newspapers and media outlets can be big or small. Larger newspapers and media outlets can naturally afford to take off boats, but smaller newspapers and media outlets are not.

Outside of Sydney, Australasian National Stadium.

The construction of the stadium was completed more than a month ago and was recently opened to all athletes.

Theoretically, the stadium and all the training facilities attached to it can be used by all athletes from home and abroad free of charge.

But that's just theoretical. The sports teams that occupy the most stadiums and ancillary training facilities are naturally sports teams from the major powers of Europe and the United States.

The fact that Australasia's sports teams are not one of them does not mean that Australasia is not qualified to compete with these powers, even if Australasia's relationship with Britain and Russia alone will not be able to occupy training grounds.

The main reason is that Arthur has long built an independent training facility for Australasian sports teams, which has a variety of training facilities and is very complete, and naturally does not need to compete with other countries.

Unlike later Olympic Games, the current Olympic Games still have a white population with the largest number of athletes participating.

The athletes of the major powers are basically Caucasian, and only a small number of countries from Asia and South America will have yellow athletes.

As for the black race, even if these people have a good talent in sports, they will not be recognized by the countries of the world as eligible for the Olympics.

You know, racism is still very popular in Europe at the moment. How can the great powers of Europe look down on the nations of the other powers, if they look down on each other, on the races of the barbaric lands?

This can also be seen in Australasia. If Arthur really just pursues population, he can absorb the huge population from Asia and easily exceed 10 million people.

But this is completely unnecessary. Racism and racism in this era are no joke, and it is simply impossible for a population of color to be recognized by a white population.

A dyed Australasia is naturally unlikely to be recognized by Western countries, let alone receive a large amount of aid from Germany and Britain.

For example, the current island nation is nothing more than a pawn for the British to support themselves in confrontation with Russia and the United States.

A country like an island country, at the height of its heyday, can never become a true ally of the European powers, but can only serve as a pawn of the European powers.

If the island nation really becomes a top power in such an era, it will definitely be targeted by other powers.

It is worth mentioning that this Olympic Games, as in history, still faces many political disputes over nationality and flags.

The most heated and well-known dispute was between Finland and Bohemia.

Of course, the dispute was not between these two countries, but between Russia and Austria-Hungary.

These two countries are generally relatively weak, so they have long been occupied by Russia. Parts of Bohemia were under the jurisdiction of Austria-Hungary.

Prior to the Games, Finland and Bohemia made a request to insist on independence and represent Finland and Bohemia respectively.

This request, of course, was rejected by Russia and Austria-Hungary. After all, if these athletes are allowed to compete in the name of Finland and Bohemia, doesn't it mean that they are confirmed as invaders, and also give the people of these two regions a reason to rebel against their rule?

Faced with such a conflict, Arthur decided to use the same methods that the Swedish had historically used to resolve the conflict.

Historically, Coubertin proposed the geography of sports to resolve this diplomatic incident and to make the Stockholm Olympics in Sweden possible.

The so-called sports geography means that the person participating in the Olympic Games does not have to be an independent country, but can also be a region with an independent nation. The geography of sport can sometimes be distinguished from the geography of politics.

In the future, when Finland and Bohemia participate in the Olympic Games, they will only raise the team name plate at the opening ceremony, not the team flag, and raise the flag of the occupying country when the flag is raised, and a triangular small national flag will be raised below to show the difference between the athletes of the occupying country and solve this problem more satisfactorily.

Russia and Austria-Hungary understood and agreed with such a solution, and the Finnish and Bohemian athletes were also given their own pursuits, so naturally they would not have any opinion.

After the perfect resolution of the flag dispute, the Sydney Olympics were able to enter the preparations.

According to the IOC's preparations and the situation in Australasia, the Sydney Games are expected to officially start in June, and the closing ceremony is expected to be around the end of July.

As the time is approaching, rehearsals for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games have begun, and tickets for all events of the Olympic Games have been pre-sold.

Australasia's National Stadium is expected to have a maximum capacity of more than 50,000 spectators, so the ticket revenue is definitely not small.

In particular, the Olympics will last for almost two months, during which dozens of events will be held, and tickets will be sold once for each event, which will definitely add up to a lot of money.

Before tickets could go on sale, ticket pricing became a headache for Australasia.

If the price is set too high, Australasian people may not be able to afford it, and it will be embarrassing if the Olympics that make their own country are not watched by their own people.

But if you set the price too low, you may miss an opportunity to make a lot of money.

After a long period of consideration, combined with the actual situation of previous Olympic Games and the economic situation of Australasia, the final ticket for each event is expected to be around 2 to 3 Australian dollars.

Of course, the actual ticket price will definitely change. If you are an Australasian citizen, you can also enjoy a 60% discount on the purchase of tickets.

As for tourists from other countries, they can only buy at the original price.

However, the ticket price of about 2 to 3 Australian dollars is not too expensive, at least for those Europeans and Americans who can afford to travel abroad, this price is quite cheap.

According to the Olympic Games, even if only 20,000 tickets are sold for each event, a profit of about 40,000 Australian dollars can be obtained.

All the projects combined, the profit of more than 2 million Australian dollars is easy, and it can be regarded as a small return on investment.

However, Arthur's purpose in hosting the Olympics was definitely not to make money, but to use the Olympics to increase Australasia's international prestige and status.

As things stand, the Olympics and previous round-the-world voyages have added tens of thousands of foreign tourists to Australasia in recent months.

These visitors are already contributing to the economy of Sydney and nearby cities, and it is expected that the revenue will increase considerably this year.

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