boy you got that right.  I'm 10 years out of date but London's not up to it unless there have been huge changes.

Also, are the existing sports facilities adequate?  I went to Wembley in the early 90's and concluded that if it were in the US it would have been dynamited years earlier.  Even my college team had a nicer stadium.

As for places like the Oval, again ancient ramshackle facilities with miserable sightlines (at least from where I sat).  Didn't ever enter Lords but sure looked old and "full of tradition" from the 2nd level of the bus.  If this is what London is basing their bid on........

Not that we'd spend the money to fight the crowds half way around the world to watch track and field anyway.