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STI is proud to announce its successful bid to supply and full-construct the London 2012 Olympic hockey pitches (30 Mar 2011)

Blue is the colour for Hockey at London 2012

The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) today announced that the hockey pitches to be used at the Hockey Centre at the Olympic Park will be blue. Over 600,000 spectators will be cheering on as the world’s top Hockey players battle it out on blue pitches for the first time ever at an Olympic Games.

Key international Rio 2016 opportunity opens (29 Mar 2011)

The Rio 2016 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has just launched the international selection process for the company or consortium to be responsible for production and executive management of the ceremonies and large live events for the Rio 2016 Games.

Sport & Business - Australia, the sporting country (16 Sep 2010)

AISES, Austrade and ICN hosted a Brazilian delegation in August 2010. The delegation met with Government officials and companies and visited sporting venues in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. The leader of the delegation, Mr Marco Aurelio Klein, Brazilian Ministry of Sport - High Performance Director wrote after his visit:

Project Gateway to Brazil (8 Jun 2010)

Industry Capability Network has launched “Project Gateway” to facilitate opportunities arising from Brazil hosting Rio 2016 Olympic Games and 2014 Brazil Football World Cup to Australian companies. To register your interest, please click on the link below:

http://www.brazilgames.icn.org.au

The 2015 PanAm Games - the procurement process (25 May 2010)

Australian companies who had worked on the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics have a potential to succeed again at the 2015 PanAm Games in Toronto. The Games budget is set at $1.43 billion. The cost-sharing plan stipulates that Ontario and the federal government each contribute 35 per cent of the funding, or $500 million each. The city of Toronto, other hosting partners, and games revenue are expected to pay the remaining 30 per cent.

FIFA 2014 World Cup - Brazil (12 May 10)

Register your interest at recently launched a business database to enhance your prospects of involvement at the FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

The Sports Ministry has recently launched an online database to invite interested companies to participate in the elaboration of their experiences and to offer their products and services for the organization of the FIFA World Cup 2014:

http://copa2014.questionpro.com/

The entries will be available for inspection free of charge to all organizations interested in hiring products and services.

We strongly encourage you to showcase your company expertise on the portal.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) estimates that the cost of construction and remodelling of 12 stadiums alone will be over US$1.1 billion. In addition to the stadium upgrades and renovations millions more will be spent on basic infrastructure and related services; and a further US$2.5 billion on airports. The total World Cup budget is estimated to total US$52 billion and will cover:

Host cities stadiums and surrounding areas - design, construction and overlay; expansion of electric power and telecommunication networks and waste/water system.

Infrastructure – planning, design and management of roads and railways in hosting cities and between.

Air travel - overhaul of the Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro airports.

Tourism – new hotels, security, transport management, promotion & information.

Training programs – volunteers and public officials including English lessons.

Bubbly Start for Beijing Watercube - Australian Financial Review

Robert Bevan of the Australian Financial Review reports on the opening of Beijing's Watercube...

Australian Success in London

Design team appointed for London 2012 Games Handball Arena with multi-sports legacy

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) announced today that Make Architects with PTW Architects of Sydney, and Ove Arup and Partners have been appointed to design the Handball Arena.

Australian Success in Beijing

Bird's eye view of the Chinese cube water pool

Australian companies have achieved notable successes in the planning and delivery of the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Many have been advised and supported by the Australian International Sporting Events Secretariat (AISES) and its predecessor the Sydney-Beijing Olympic Secretariat (SBOS). Most of these companies are based in NSW and Victoria. For a list of Australian companies who have had success...

London 2012 Olympic Games

The London Olympic Games will be held between 27 July and 12 August 2012.

The official website for the Games can be found at www.london2012.com

Games plans can be found at www.london2012.com/plans/index.php

Business opportunities can be found at www.london2012.com/get-involved/index.php and are explained below: