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Empty seats are seen before the men’s 1,500 metres short track speed skating heats event at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 10, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 11, 2014 | World
Sochi, AP—It’s an issue that comes up in the early days of almost every Olympics: What to do about those empty seats and lack of buzz? It’s the case again in Sochi, with some senior Olympic officials voicing concern about less-than-capacity crowds and a...