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...events: Operation Sail, a procession of tall ships up the Hudson River; a fireworks show; a Boston Pops concert; a sports celebration featuring stars like Olympic Champion Dorothy & Hamill; and an entertainment spectacular with the likes of Frank Sinatra and Lionel Richie. The lottery was the idea of David Wolper, producer of Liberty Weekend and of the opening and closing ceremonies at the 1984 Olympics. Order forms can be obtained for $1 by writing Liberty, P.O. Box 2021, Murray Hill Station, New York...
Ueberroth presided over the Games in a spirit that reflected much of a new American style. He and his team, including LAOOC Executive Vice President Harry Usher and Hollywood Producer David Wolper, worked with imagination and brutal self-interest. In negotiations, they relentlessly pleaded poverty. A lot of the people who worked as volunteers were left in the aftermath wondering why they did not share in the profits. Some got bonuses. Most did not. Ueberroth received a $475,000 bonus, which, considering his accomplishment, was well earned. He gave the money to charity...
Ueberroth's team devised an aggressive financial plan for the Games and stuck to it. It rejected the idea of large-scale new construction; that had been the downfall of past Olympic planners. Ueberroth and Wolper extracted nearly three times more money from television ($225 million) than had ever been bid before. Coaxing and bullying, the committee got 30 American corporations to pay record fees of more than $150 million for the rights to sponsor the Games. When President Reagan proposed coming early to Los Angeles to meet with the U.S. athletes, Ueberroth said no. Too political, he thought...
...congratulate David Wolper, Hollywood and the U.S. for the splendor and professionalism of the opening ceremony. Unfortunately, it was a celebration of American power, not world peace...
...business problems and family problems." His very home, he went on, was bought because pigeons did not defy local zoning laws and because, once he saw the grounds, "I thought this was the place to pursue pigeon excellence." This year that excellence found a place in the Olympics. Producer Wolper, unintentionally alluding to yet another bird, had promised "a 20-goose-bump performance." Maybe it was more...