But, he predicted, "it will ultimately prove too small".
"Once we're up and running," he predicted, "it will open up other towns for others centers.
"When they write history a thousand years from now," Mr. Vallone predicted, "it will start with Ed Koch".
After car drivers see its benefits, he predicted, it will become a standard part of automobile safety.
The IOC has predicted it will contribute $1.7 billion of its broadcast and sponsorship revenues to Paris in 2024.
Shares of Affymetrix Inc., a manufacturer of chips used in genetic research, jumped 31percentt after the company reported its first quarterly profit and predicted it will post another in the fourth quarter.
After Porsche is free to increase its voting stake in Volkswagen, analysts predicted, it will move to become VW's majority owner — a small, but highly profitable maker of sports cars swallowing a company 14 times its size.
Makinson has predicted it will be 10% in 2011.
"Musically," Mr. Muti predicted, "it will be the same".
Representative James Moran, a Virginia Democrat, predicted: "It will be hell for whoever doesn't become president.
A spokesman, Andy Fisher, predicted, "It will be a fairly early night".
