Part 2 - LA84 Foundation

Video/CATV Room
This service offered athletes and
officials an opportunity to research and
improve their skills by analyzing competition
performances. CATV room was
located on the third floor of the
Athletes' Hall with floor space of 430
square meters, and Video/CATV room
was set up on the first floor with space
of 159 square meters.
Culture, foreign movie and music
videos were played from September 3
to 16 in the Video/CATV room, and
from September 17 to October 5,
Opening and Closing Ceremonies and
various competitions were shown.
Video tapes of competitions, Opening/Closing
Ceremonies were taped by
Korean Broadcasting System Enterprise
at the IBC central recording room
and supplied to the Video/CATV room
along with cultural videos produced by
National Film Production Center and
foreign movies and music videos
purchased from 41 companies.
CATV monitors were installed, and the
viewing choice included 16internationally
signaled channels and
four basic program channels (KBS
1,2,3 and MBC). Video tapes were
leased and sold at Video/CATV room.
Rental records were: competition,
1,434; movie and music, 1,080; and
culture pieces 18, totalling 2,532.
There were also 513 purchase
requests.
A problem at the Video/CATV room
was that it lacked PAL-system VTR and
TV equipment for athletes from
Europe. Also lacking were special
rooms to analyze and evaluate video
tapes for ball-game teams such as
hockey, handball, etc. There was also
the absence of Korean movies
translated into foreign languages, and
athletes from French, Spanish, and
German-speaking countries, along
with Japanese and Chinese, experienced
difficulty because all movie
video tapes were translated only into
English.
Tourist information center, airline
information center
The tourist information center, located
on the second floor of the Athletes'
Hall Korea Exhibition Room was run
by the Korea National Tourism
Corporation and Korea Travel Co., Ltd.
with seven personnel. The center (284
square meters) was open 12 hours a
day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. from
September 3 to October 5.
The information center distributed tour
guide handbooks and answered a total
of 3,665 inquiries on transportation,
shopping, general tours, venue guide,
etc. There were a number of tourist
itineraries offered, including half-day
(3 courses), whole-day (2 courses)
night-tour (3 courses), one-days tour
(4 courses), one night/two day tour
(4 courses) and two nights/three days
tour (2 courses).
On reflection, it was felt that free tours
should have been included to
encourage athletes and officials to
fully understand and publicize aspects
of Korea when they returned to their
countries.
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30. A journalist applies for an AD card at
the Olympic Village Accreditation Center.
31. WINS terminals were installed in the
lounge of the Olympic Village for athletes'
convenience in obtaining information.
32. Police escorts were provided for tours
by athletes and officials, many of whom
visited the Korean Folk Village and
factories.