107th IOC Session - LA84 Foundation

Support at Venues
Seventeen Sub Press Centres (SPCs) were
set up at the competition venues, the stadium for
Opening and Closing Ceremonies, Victory
Ceremonies site, and the Olympic and Satellite
Villages. SPCs at the competition venues
opened from the first day of official practice sessions
and closed on the last day of competition.
For convenience, SPCs at competition venues
were set up as near as possible to the mixed
zones and photo positions.
Due to its location next to the Main Press
Centre, only a small press conference room was
set up at Ice Hockey Stadium ‘A’ (Big Hat). In
Hakuba, a simple working room with telecommunications
equipment was set up in the
finish area for the men’s downhill, as media
personnel covering this event were supported by
the SPC at the ladies’ downhill venue.
• SPC Organization
Twelve press and thirteen photo coordinators
with sports knowledge and extensive
news / photo editing and Olympic or other relevant
experience from major news and wire
services in Japan were appointed to oversee
press services at the competition venues. An
additional nine press coordinators were selected
from overseas. These press and photo coordinators
were responsible for dealing with
coverage requests from the journalists and
photographers, and their assistance contributed
greatly to smooth operations.
In addition to training during the ICPG competitions,
press services staff also attended up
to three training sessions at the venue to
which they were assigned.
• Facilities
SPCs for indoor competitions were set up
within the venue facilities. In cases where
enough space could not be secured, temporary
structures were built as for outdoor competitions
facilities. Working rooms, press seating,
mixed zones, and rest areas were set up taking
into consideration the number of people expected
to use the facilities and time differences
for filing reports overseas.
Plans for SPCs were developed in accordance
with venue operations plans and suggestions
from the IOC Press Commission, as
well as in consultation with the technical delegate
appointed by the relevant IF. Allocation
of photo positions and ENG positions within
the mixed zones was decided in cooperation
with ORTO’98. Due to the complicated nature
of setting up facilities while taking into
account the requests of the different users,
photo / ENG positions at some of the venues
were not finalized until immediately prior to
the Games.
IOC press conference at
the MPC Main Press
Conference Room
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