West End Shows to Close for 2012 Olympics?

According to the Guardian, severAl West End productions might close for the 2012 Summer Olypics, which will be held in London. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group is considering closing such West End shows as THE WIZARD OF OZ and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, commenting: "It's being discussed, although nothing has yet been confirmed."

European Tour Operations Association executive director Tom Jenkins addded: "We always see a decline in demand for a destination during an Olympic year, so some of this was to be expected. During the Olympic period itself there is almost no demand from regular tourists."

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The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the xx Olympiad, are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and in 1948.

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