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That obviously meant we couldn't fill up at a short notice really.\" added Patel \u003cbr/\u003eHe agreed that the perception that London was going to be overcrowded had created a \"fear factor\" about travelling into the city during the Olympic season.\u003cbr/\u003ePaul Deighton, Chief executive officer of organising committee LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) however described the idea that London was quiet as \"overdone\" saying that Covent Garden retailers had reported record figures.\u003cbr/\u003e\"So I think this is levelling out in a very satisfactory way so when you get to the end of the games I think there will be a much more balanced picture,\" Deighton said.\u003cbr/\u003eHe added that in the long term, the Olympics would be a \"huge economic boost to the capital\".\u003cbr/\u003eAugust 1, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Piccadilly Circus with little traffic\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide of entrance to Underground station\u003cbr/\u003e3. Tracking shot of West End restaurants showing empty tables\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of Cafe Rouge with empty tables outside \u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of Oxford Circus with very light traffic \u003cbr/\u003e6. Various of London 2012 volunteers (in pink and purple) waiting to assist \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of unusually quiet entrance to Oxford Circus tube station\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of empty clothing store\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of quiet street off Oxford Circus, with man wearing t-shirt that reads (English) \"Half Price Tickets\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of Oxford Circus with red double decker buses passing through\u003cbr/\u003eJuly 31, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various Margarita Figueroa, manager of Benito's Hat restaurant in King's Cross station\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Margarita Figueroa, Manager of Benito's Hat restaurant:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Actually we are thinking like it's going to be more or less the same actually, like not really more people around but I don't know, it's like a big confusion,  too many people were saying 'it's going to be so crowded, it's going to be so many people around' but it's not really happening\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Various exteriors of hotels\u003cbr/\u003e14. Tilt down front of 4-star hotel The Blakemore\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of hotel employee opening a door to an empty room\u003cbr/\u003e16. Various of empty room\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various Hamed Patel, manager of The Blakemore hotel in reception\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Hamed Patel, Manager of The Blakemore Hotel\u003cbr/\u003e\"Just this fear factor of coming into London - people have been saying don't go into London, its really busy, it hasn't been the case and also then we've had a lot of hotel rooms from the Olympics committee been released, so that had a detrimental effect because they left it too late to release those rooms.  That obviously meant we couldn't fill up at a short notice really.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAugust 1, 2012\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of news conference\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Deighton, Chief executive officer of LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games):\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think the general sense of London being terribly quiet, not terribly busy is in my view overdone. I think it was slightly quiet at the weekend and I think we'll see numbers coming through now for the beginning of this week which are actually up on the previous period of last year. Talk to the people, the guys in Covent Garden for example, having a record figures in there. So I think this is levelling out in a very satisfactory way so when you get to the end of the games I think there will be a much more balanced picture.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of news conference\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Deighton, Chief executive officer of LOCOG: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The pattern of activity around Olympic Games clearly changes, everybody knows and understands that. However I think there is no doubt that over the long term the opportunities, the presentation of London, the long-term economic yield from showcasing London in the way that these games are showcasing London is hugely positive. In a very very short term day versus day, there will be some changes in the pattern but long-term, given the images of London that are being sent around the world from the opening ceremony, from the torch relay, from these events it will be a huge economic boost to the capital.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of news conference\u003cbr/\u003e24. 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