On his first visit to Athens, Ebersol warned that organisers could not afford any delays in their preparations for the Olympics - especially in the problem area of Olympic accommodation. NBC owns the US TV rights to the summer and winter Games through 2008. We're eagerly awaiting, as are many in the rest of the world, to hear where our accommodations will be. The rowing center is located 30 kilometres northeast of Athens. Accommodating hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors has also been another nagging problem, with organisers so far being able to guarantee about 12,000 rooms for the 19,000 needed.
Options being studied include cruise ships and military buildings.
Their plans are spectacular. He added that NBC had never considered asking organisers to change the time of sports events so they can be shown in prime time in the United States. We at NBC will not ask for any events to start in the middle of the night. These are your Olympics. Because of the 15-hour time difference from Australia during the Sydney Olympics, NBC decided to televise last year's Sydney Olympics on tape.