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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#591 Post by canadian_turtle » Mon Jul 30, 2012 2:16 pm

Extra Tickets On Sale To Fill Empty Seats

LOCOG have put extra tickets on sale in a bid to fill the plethora of empty seats at Olympic events.

The day after an inquiry into the missing spectators was promised, 600 extra tickets for gymnastics, 700 for beach volleyball and 100 for swimming have been sold out of 3,000 which were put back on sale. According to the Guardian, soldiers once again stepped into the breach yesterday to put some bums on seats.

Speculation on why so many seats remained unfilled in the face of the huge demand for tickets is rife — initially, sponsors who failed to show up were blamed but the net of suspicion has now been cast further. LOCOG believe that most of the empty seats on the first day were ones originally intended for the Olympic family (no, we can’t say that without reaching for the sick bag either), IOC officials and media, as well as other athletes competing in the Games.

But how should the empty seats be filled? British Olympic Association chairman Lord Moynihan suggested unused seats could be sold to fans in the Olympic Park if they weren’t filled within 30 minutes while shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said unused tickets should be given to police officers and their families. Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that a system has been introduced where people coming out of the stadium handed on their tickets so the seats could be made available to other people.

Meanwhile, if you’re still desperate to go to an Olympics event, keep an eye on the Games Ticketmaster website to see what becomes available.

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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#592 Post by tilly » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:58 pm

Watching Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield. What a shame as they started so well and now 4th!
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#593 Post by SteveDan » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:00 pm

tilly wrote:Watching Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield. What a shame as they started so well and now 4th!
One bad dive in Round 4 - should have been minimum silver !
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#594 Post by tilly » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:06 pm

I know and such a shame. Mexicans came from nowhere :blink:
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#595 Post by funthing29 » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:19 pm

I always think 4th is the worst position to come in the Olympics. :(
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#596 Post by brettie » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:00 pm

hows the olympics affecting your travel on the underground/overground, regular commuters?
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#597 Post by valda » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:20 pm

I started work at 7.30 and left about 15.45. So not too bad at the moment, I think the worst days so they reckon, are later this week
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#598 Post by tilly » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:20 pm

I have heard that getting to work has been fine
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#599 Post by brettie » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:23 pm

oh thats good, heading up that way wednesday, nice to know the transport is coping ok
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Re: London 2012 Olympics

#600 Post by Diane65 » Mon Jul 30, 2012 5:30 pm

Just watching the British Gymnasts they are doing amazing o/
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