 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1998, Jackson akafonerwa naRic Birch weSydney Organising Committee yeMitambo yeOlympic SOCOG kuti asanganise ruzha rweMitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2000 muSydney. Jackson akanzwa kuti unyanzvi hwake hwaizoshandiswa zvakanakisisa somurongi uye mutungamiriri wezwi pane somunhu mumwe shure kwekunamatira. Akaunganidza boka revanyanzvi vezvinonzwika pamwe chete nokugadzirwa kwemidziyo ine madigital nodes akabatanidzwa nefiber optic kutakura odhiyo yedhijitari kunzvimbo dzakakura zvikuru pasina kudzikisira kana kurira kwepasi. Kuti vaite kuti mutambo wacho uratidzwe nevanhu 110 000 vaivapo uye vaoni vanenge mabhiriyoni matatu vaiva kure munyika yose, michina yakawanda yakabatanidzwa yose zvayo kuitira kuti panongova nokushomeka kumwe chete kwaisazokwanisa kumisa mutambo wacho. Kuti apedze basa racho, Jackson akati chimwe chezvinhu zvikuru chakanga chiri kushanda mukati mebhajeti, iyo yakanga isiri isina kuganhurirwa sezvakanga zvave zvakaita naStreisand. Akashanda somutungamiriri wezvokuteerera pamhemberero yokuzaruramusi wa15 September uye mhemberero yokugumisa musi wa1 October. Chiitiko chacho chisati chaitika, akaudza mutori wenhau kuti, Ndine boka rakanyatsorovedza uye pane zvikonzero zvose zvokutarisira kuti richafamba zvakanaka. 