Yep, that's true. I've been out there for about four weeks now and they'll let you bring in small amounts of food (no eskys, drat.) and wear what ever you like regardless of sponsors (if you are a spectator). There are only two things that they will stop. 1: bombs (pretty good idea) 2:If you work there, you are not aloud to wear any clothing that has sponsorship printed on it larger than something like a small envelope (in theory). I can tell you that the only one they seem to be enforcing is the bomb issue. Regards Stuart ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Cornelius To: Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: Sydney Engineering Heart Attack <-- > >Question on this. > > >Didnt see the opening, sounds interesting. Bad the "body" searches > >for pepsi seem absurd. I'm a coke fan, but give me a break, yes I > >understand they payed millions, but what if it was pepsi, and I > >cant take pepsi. I thought austrialla was a modern and free country, > >yet they are being very much like stalin in thiis. > >What do you think? > > Where'd you hear that from ? > > I've been working at a couple of Olympic venues for the past couple of weeks > in my spare time to earn some extra "Pocket Money". > As such I've probably been through 50 Security checkpoints and although I've > not tried bringing along any Pepsi I do regularly carry a Qualcomm mobile > phone (Samsung is the official provider of mobile phones) A Palm Vx (IBM > major it sponsor) while wearing mossimo pants (Bonds are the official > clothing supplier) And it's never raised an eyebrow (except maybe for the > shear volume of junk I might have in my pants pockets at any time). > > They certainly are searching people for security reasons, and a while back > they were talking about preventing people from bringing their own food into > the venues , which as I understand it was to prevent people from bringing > large bags that took up space in the venues and on public transport etc. > For that reason baby strollers are also prohibited... > > But from what I've heard the spectator searches have actually been pretty > lightweight... > > Sounds a little far fetched to me.... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mike Cornelius Internet: mike@bytethis.com.au > Byte This Interactive Phone: +61 2 9310-2157 > PO Box 1342 Strawberry Hills FAX: +61 2 9319-3948 > NSW 2012 Australia URL: http://www.bytethis.com.au > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > use mailto:listserv@mitvma.mit.edu?body=SET%20PICList%20DIGEST > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! use mailto:listserv@mitvma.mit.edu?body=SET%20PICList%20DIGEST