Part 2 - LA84 Foundation

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19. Olympic Village
19.11
Access Control
19.11.1
Operation Guideline
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The Olympic Village Headquarters
made an all-out effort to exercise strict
control over people entering and leaving
the village to provide a comfortable
and safe environment. AD cardholders
were free to enter anywhere in the
village, and those without access
privilege or AD cards had to obtain
permission one day in advance. An
entry information booth was installed
at the main entrance of the village
(outer gate 1) to issue temporary
passes to visitor's vehicles. The headquarters
installed a MSR at the main
gate and at the operation personnel
gate for protection against card loss,
theft and misuse; volunteers and
safety personnel checked for access
privilege. Vehicles were permitted into
the village only when bearing proper
stickers obtained beforehand, and the
driver and others in the vehicle also
had to be AD cardholders. The contents
of materials to be distributed
were checked according to each NOC.
The village was divided into the
Residential Zone and the International
Zone, and access to the areas was
limited by privileges specified by the
temporary pass or the AD card. Entry
to the Residential Zone was strictly
controlled for maximum safety. The
limit of each access privilege was
pre-determined by category for each
area, designating residential area as
R and international area as V on the
AD card. Some 370 people were
deployed to control access to the
village, and they were fully trained
twice through preliminary and general
rehearsals.
19.11.2
Access Control
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To control people and vehicle access
to the village, a total of 43 gates were
set up — eight outer gates, 12 inner
gates and 23 inside gates. The
number of outer and inner gates was
kept to a minimum, and inside gates
were set up with the convenience of
athletes and officials in mind.
Athletes' and officials' village entry
was allowed 24 hours a day through
the outer gate 1,2,9,10 and 11. However,
village entry in vehicles had to follow
certain routes such as outer gate 1-get
off at inner gate 2-inner gate 2-searchinner
gate 1-MSR-get on the shuttle
bus-destination.
VIPs entered the village through outer
gate 1-get off at inner gate 2-inner gate
2-search-inner gate 1-MSR-get on the
VIP reserved vehicle-destination. The
NOC visitors entered through a stopover
at an outer gate-referred to access
information booth-obtain temporary
pass-inner gate 2-search-inner gate
1-MSR-destination.
The number of NOC visitors was
limited according to the delegation
size. Three visitors were allowed for
delegations numbering less than 25
members and one visitor was permitted
for every additional 25 to 50
athletes and officials.
Operation personnel used outer gates
1,9,10 and 11 and access was limited
to duty areas.
Press personnel had to obtain a temporary
pass from the access information
center (outer gate 1) in order to
interview athletes and officials. Temporary
passes were limited to 400
media personnel at any one time;
others outside the quota had to wait.
The passes were issued on a firstcome
first-served basis, and five news
agencies officially recognized by the
IOC, host broadcaster, and Yonhap
News Agency were given access
priority with a limit on the number of
people. Twenty four temporary passes
were given to six domestic and foreign
news agencies, four passes each. The
host broadcaster was entitled to five
passes, while IOPP and NOPP were
given two passes each.
Media access to the Residential Zone
was allowed only at the invitation of the
NOC, and the number was limited by
the quota set for each NOC.
The media personnel could visit
between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. and the
length of their visit could not exceed
four hours. Press coverage of the
Residential Zone was permitted only
before 7 p.m., with one guide attached
to each press team. Press vehicles
were not admitted into the village.
Freight cars were allowed in 24 hours
a day through outer gate 1. However,
night loading was recommended between
9 p.m. to 8 a.m. the following
day. The procedural routine involved
getting off at outer gate 1-receive the
temporary sticker from access information
booth-search at the inner gate
7-destination.
The total number of people who went
through the village during its operation
period was 705,806, an average of
20,737 people a day. Excepting
athletes, officials and operation personnel,
visitors on business purposes
numbered 18,766, NOC-invited guests
7,114 and newsmen 15,168, totalling
41,048.