The last 900,000 tickets for the Olympics are now on sale for 20,000 previously failed
applicants.
There are mixed reports of success and failure from people trying to use the online ticket site.
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Friday, 11 May 2012
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Locog Reneges On Another Promise
Locog has reneged on yet another promise, and has decreed that it will charge up to £15 for 30,000 tickets for prime vantage points for the Olympics cycling event at Box Hill and up to £15 for 3,500 tickets for the start and finish area of the time trial at Hampton Court Palace.
Locog had previously promised that the admission would be free.
Additionally, smelling more money to be made, Locog will sell about 6,000 tickets at £10 each over the last three days to watch a large television screen on Henman Hill at Wimbledon. There will be no tennis on the outside courts on those days.
Locog are offering these "new" tickets for sale on 23 May.
However, the Telegraph reports that these are in fact a sop "to fend off criticism from nearly a million applicants who will again fail to secure any tickets in the next round of sales which start on Friday".
This Friday will see the sale of 928,000 tickets.
Ticketmaster executive Chris Edmonds has warned that the expected demand will create a slow computer system, that could take 20 minutes to process a payment:
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Locog had previously promised that the admission would be free.
Additionally, smelling more money to be made, Locog will sell about 6,000 tickets at £10 each over the last three days to watch a large television screen on Henman Hill at Wimbledon. There will be no tennis on the outside courts on those days.
Locog are offering these "new" tickets for sale on 23 May.
However, the Telegraph reports that these are in fact a sop "to fend off criticism from nearly a million applicants who will again fail to secure any tickets in the next round of sales which start on Friday".
This Friday will see the sale of 928,000 tickets.
Ticketmaster executive Chris Edmonds has warned that the expected demand will create a slow computer system, that could take 20 minutes to process a payment:
“People will have to have patience."Which roughly translated means:
"In order to maximise our profits we didn't invest in a system that can handle the load, tough luck!"
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Friday, 24 February 2012
Locog and The Cruel Engine of Disappointment
Locog continues to be given a well deserved public pillorying by those who are less than impressed with its lack of transparency over Olympic ticket sales.
The latest kicking comes from Boris Johnson. He has demanded greater transparency in the Olympic Games ticketing process, and has dubbed the ticket system run by Locog “the cruel engine of disappointment.”
Locog continue to refuse to publish details until the tickets have been sold, by which time of course the horse will have well and truly bolted!
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The latest kicking comes from Boris Johnson. He has demanded greater transparency in the Olympic Games ticketing process, and has dubbed the ticket system run by Locog “the cruel engine of disappointment.”
Locog continue to refuse to publish details until the tickets have been sold, by which time of course the horse will have well and truly bolted!
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Friday, 17 February 2012
Locog Loses Its Grip
The Telegraph reports that, despite the past hype pressurising people to rush to buy them, there are in fact around 4 million unsold tickets for the London Olympics.
Locog don't appear to be on top of things, as they have admitted that they are still working out last minute seating plans at venues.
Quote:
"We simply do not have a full picture to present at the moment."
Locog will release the 4 million unsold tickets in April, of which 1 million cover most sports and the opening and closing ceremonies.
Unsurprisingly, some people who were pushed into buying tickets for lesser events (because the hype implied that the main events had all been sold out) are more than a little aggrieved at having been taken for a ride.
To add insult to injury, in the money making spirit of the Games, Locog are now attempting to charge people for lining the streets to watch the cycling event at Box Hill!
Previous assurances (which Locog deny ever making), that the event was free, have been swept aside in the spirit of mammon.
London Assembly’s economic development committee chair Baroness Doocey is quite rightly less than impressed with Locog, re charging for watching the cycling she said it would be "dreadful and most regrettable".
The Olympics are about money, not sport!
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Locog don't appear to be on top of things, as they have admitted that they are still working out last minute seating plans at venues.
Quote:
"We simply do not have a full picture to present at the moment."
Locog will release the 4 million unsold tickets in April, of which 1 million cover most sports and the opening and closing ceremonies.
Unsurprisingly, some people who were pushed into buying tickets for lesser events (because the hype implied that the main events had all been sold out) are more than a little aggrieved at having been taken for a ride.
To add insult to injury, in the money making spirit of the Games, Locog are now attempting to charge people for lining the streets to watch the cycling event at Box Hill!
Previous assurances (which Locog deny ever making), that the event was free, have been swept aside in the spirit of mammon.
London Assembly’s economic development committee chair Baroness Doocey is quite rightly less than impressed with Locog, re charging for watching the cycling she said it would be "dreadful and most regrettable".
The Olympics are about money, not sport!
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Thursday, 16 February 2012
Locog's Lack of Transparency
The ongoing controversy over Locog's handling of Olympics ticket sales (eg as highlighted in the recent Channel 4 Dispatches "Olympics Tickets for Sale") won't die down.
Unsurprisingly, The London Assembly’s Economy, Culture and Sport Committee has accused Locog of hiding behind its legal status as a private company and claiming commercial confidentiality despite benefiting from significant taxpayer funds.
The Telegraph reports that the committee has demanded that Locog reveals details of the ticket sale operation, including how many tickets have been sold at each price point at each venue and the total allocation of sponsor tickets, by Feb 27.
A report prepared for the committee, Sold Out?, said:
“Our conclusion, with the Games just a few months away, is that Locog has not yet done enough to ensure the transparency of the ticketing process.
Locog’s lack of openness raises the risk that public trust in the process will diminish, fuelling a sense among Londoners that the opportunity to attend an Olympic and Paralympic Games in their own city was never truly within their reach.
Locog told the Committee it intended to make the distribution of tickets roughly equal between the different price points for each event. However, we have received no confirmation that this principle has been implemented.
Locog cited both data protection rules and the need to maintain commercial confidentiality as reasons why the information would not be published until after the Games. We do not accept these arguments.
We fail to see therefore how commercial confidentiality can reasonably be used as a justification for non-publication of information which is clearly in the public interest.
There is now even less transparency than in Sydney: despite having now sold the vast majority of tickets for the Olympic Games, Locog still refuses to publish a breakdown of the number of tickets available, or sold, to the public for each session.
There are legitimate concerns that the most popular events may have a disproportionate number of the highly-priced tickets, and so far Locog has done very little to dispel these fears.”
Despite having sold the majority of the tickets, Locog still refuses to publish a breakdown of the tickets available, tickets sold, or how many were available for each session.
Why?
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Unsurprisingly, The London Assembly’s Economy, Culture and Sport Committee has accused Locog of hiding behind its legal status as a private company and claiming commercial confidentiality despite benefiting from significant taxpayer funds.
The Telegraph reports that the committee has demanded that Locog reveals details of the ticket sale operation, including how many tickets have been sold at each price point at each venue and the total allocation of sponsor tickets, by Feb 27.
A report prepared for the committee, Sold Out?, said:
“Our conclusion, with the Games just a few months away, is that Locog has not yet done enough to ensure the transparency of the ticketing process.
Locog’s lack of openness raises the risk that public trust in the process will diminish, fuelling a sense among Londoners that the opportunity to attend an Olympic and Paralympic Games in their own city was never truly within their reach.
Locog told the Committee it intended to make the distribution of tickets roughly equal between the different price points for each event. However, we have received no confirmation that this principle has been implemented.
Locog cited both data protection rules and the need to maintain commercial confidentiality as reasons why the information would not be published until after the Games. We do not accept these arguments.
We fail to see therefore how commercial confidentiality can reasonably be used as a justification for non-publication of information which is clearly in the public interest.
There is now even less transparency than in Sydney: despite having now sold the vast majority of tickets for the Olympic Games, Locog still refuses to publish a breakdown of the number of tickets available, or sold, to the public for each session.
There are legitimate concerns that the most popular events may have a disproportionate number of the highly-priced tickets, and so far Locog has done very little to dispel these fears.”
Despite having sold the majority of the tickets, Locog still refuses to publish a breakdown of the tickets available, tickets sold, or how many were available for each session.
Why?
The committee chairman, Dee Doocey, said:
“Locog’s legal status should not excuse them from the transparency and openness we expect in other areas of public life.
It is completely unacceptable that an organisation that only exists because of a huge investment of public money can hide behind its status as a private company to avoid questions it does not like.
Locog is putting public confidence at risk by refusing to provide a complete breakdown of how many tickets were available for each event.”
Why does Locog choose to remain so secretive, given that it receives money from the taxpayer, what it is it afraid of?
“Locog’s legal status should not excuse them from the transparency and openness we expect in other areas of public life.
It is completely unacceptable that an organisation that only exists because of a huge investment of public money can hide behind its status as a private company to avoid questions it does not like.
Locog is putting public confidence at risk by refusing to provide a complete breakdown of how many tickets were available for each event.”
Why does Locog choose to remain so secretive, given that it receives money from the taxpayer, what it is it afraid of?
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Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Olympics Tickets for Sale
Channel 4 broadcast a very interesting edition of Dispatches last night, which probed the reality behind the spin spewed forth by Locog about where tickets for the Olympics are really going.
Locog promised that 75% of the tickets would be "affordable and accessible" to ordinary people. However, not 75% of every kind of seat!
Additionally, for good measure, the programme also noted that those with money can buy access to the special Olympics road lanes (reserved for the "great and good" of the Olympics).
Quote:
"We've spent £9 billion (Editor's note: actually it's £12BN if you include running costs) paying for the London 2012 Olympics.
The organisers say London 2012 will be an accessible and affordable Games, leaving a lasting sporting legacy. But 1.8 million British people applied for tickets in the public ballot - over a million applied for the 100 metres final alone - and the vast majority were disappointed.
So who got the tickets and for what events?
Antony Barnett investigates in this Dispatches Special."
As I have stated repeatedly, the Olympics are about money not sport!
Watch the programme in full via this link Olympics Tickets for Sale.
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Locog promised that 75% of the tickets would be "affordable and accessible" to ordinary people. However, not 75% of every kind of seat!
Additionally, for good measure, the programme also noted that those with money can buy access to the special Olympics road lanes (reserved for the "great and good" of the Olympics).
Quote:
"We've spent £9 billion (Editor's note: actually it's £12BN if you include running costs) paying for the London 2012 Olympics.
The organisers say London 2012 will be an accessible and affordable Games, leaving a lasting sporting legacy. But 1.8 million British people applied for tickets in the public ballot - over a million applied for the 100 metres final alone - and the vast majority were disappointed.
So who got the tickets and for what events?
Antony Barnett investigates in this Dispatches Special."
As I have stated repeatedly, the Olympics are about money not sport!
Watch the programme in full via this link Olympics Tickets for Sale.
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Tuesday, 7 February 2012
Locog Kicks Business In The Teeth Again!
Not content with awarding certain manufacturing contracts to China, Locog have decided to award the contract for printing 11 million Olympics tickets to Weldon, Williams & Lick of Fort William, Arkansas.
The tickets will then be air freighted over to the UK (there's "green thinking" for you!).
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The tickets will then be air freighted over to the UK (there's "green thinking" for you!).
Locog appear to be run by unpatriotic cretins!
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Olympics Ticket Site Live Again
Locog have restrated the Olympics ticket site again, after is crashed last week.
However, it will not work as a live ticket exchange. Locog have offered to pay for any unwanted Olympic tickets until 3 Feb, but will not offer them for immediate resale.
Prospective purchasers will have to wait until April before they can attempt to secure the tickets.
Not at all impressive!
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However, it will not work as a live ticket exchange. Locog have offered to pay for any unwanted Olympic tickets until 3 Feb, but will not offer them for immediate resale.
Prospective purchasers will have to wait until April before they can attempt to secure the tickets.
Not at all impressive!
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Friday, 13 January 2012
Olympics Ticketing Shambles Continues
Last Friday I wrote the following about the Olympics online ticket system crashing:
"Locog has been forced to suspend part of the Olympics ticket resale process this morning, after the website crashed because of the high volumes of users seeking to sell or buy Games tickets.
Sellers of tickets, that they do not want, have been unable to upload their tickets to the site.
Locog do not know why this problem has arisen.
The system is meant to be back on line, and working properly, this afternoon.
Is it?"
One week on, and in answer to my own question, the site is still not working!
"We're working night and day to sort it out" and "apologise for the frustration that people feel.
We're going to get it right and make sure we get as many people as possible to the Games."
Not very impressive!
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"Locog has been forced to suspend part of the Olympics ticket resale process this morning, after the website crashed because of the high volumes of users seeking to sell or buy Games tickets.
Sellers of tickets, that they do not want, have been unable to upload their tickets to the site.
Locog do not know why this problem has arisen.
The system is meant to be back on line, and working properly, this afternoon.
Is it?"
One week on, and in answer to my own question, the site is still not working!
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has been forced to apologise for the shambles.
He is quoted by the BBC:
We're going to get it right and make sure we get as many people as possible to the Games."
Not very impressive!
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Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Beware The Ticket Touts
Selling tickets on the open market without permission from the Olympic authorities is a criminal offence in the UK under the London Olympic and Paralympic Games Act 2006.
However, the BBC reports that unofficial (and therefore illegal) ticket sellers have been appearing in Google sponsored adverts:
"Liz, who declined to give her full name, contacted the 5 live Investigates team.
"Me and my sisters decided to club together to buy our mum and dad some Olympic tickets," said Liz, who is from Solihull. "So we typed into Google 'Olympic tickets' and at the very, very top of the page was a link to a company called LiveOlympicTickets.
"It was a sponsored ad at the top of the page, so we presumed it was a trusted official site, and we spent £750 on two tickets for my mum and dad to see the 1500m, which is what my dad really wanted."
The advert Liz clicked on was one placed by Google's own AdWords advertising service - one of the company's main sources of income.
However, after placing her order, Liz received an email from the company informing her that they could not complete the sale until she faxed over a copy of her signature.
"That's when alarm bells began ringing," said Liz.
LiveOlympicTickets is not an officially recognised 2012 Olympic ticket reseller.
A family member of Liz's wrote to Google, and received this reply: "While Google AdWords provides a platform for companies to advertise their services, we are not responsible for, nor are we able to monitor the actions of each company."
Promoting ticket touts The Metropolitan Police, which is dedicated to stopping crime associated with the 2012 games through Operation Podium, said it is aware of LiveOlympicTickets and that the company is breaking the law.
However, as the company is registered overseas, it may be difficult to prosecute as it is outside the UK's jurisdiction.
The maximum penalty fine for reselling Olympic tickets without authorisation from the Olympic authorities was raised last year from £5,000 to £20,000.
Despite this, Google has placed adverts for unofficial ticket resellers which are breaking the law by selling London 2012 tickets to customers in the UK.
In this case, LiveOlympicTickets was Google's top sponsored link for 2012 tickets - and remained so for more than a week even after the Metropolitan Police had asked the search engine to remove the advertisement.
The company link was finally removed after 5 live Investigates contacted Google."
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However, the BBC reports that unofficial (and therefore illegal) ticket sellers have been appearing in Google sponsored adverts:
"Liz, who declined to give her full name, contacted the 5 live Investigates team.
"Me and my sisters decided to club together to buy our mum and dad some Olympic tickets," said Liz, who is from Solihull. "So we typed into Google 'Olympic tickets' and at the very, very top of the page was a link to a company called LiveOlympicTickets.
"It was a sponsored ad at the top of the page, so we presumed it was a trusted official site, and we spent £750 on two tickets for my mum and dad to see the 1500m, which is what my dad really wanted."
The advert Liz clicked on was one placed by Google's own AdWords advertising service - one of the company's main sources of income.
However, after placing her order, Liz received an email from the company informing her that they could not complete the sale until she faxed over a copy of her signature.
"That's when alarm bells began ringing," said Liz.
LiveOlympicTickets is not an officially recognised 2012 Olympic ticket reseller.
A family member of Liz's wrote to Google, and received this reply: "While Google AdWords provides a platform for companies to advertise their services, we are not responsible for, nor are we able to monitor the actions of each company."
Promoting ticket touts The Metropolitan Police, which is dedicated to stopping crime associated with the 2012 games through Operation Podium, said it is aware of LiveOlympicTickets and that the company is breaking the law.
However, as the company is registered overseas, it may be difficult to prosecute as it is outside the UK's jurisdiction.
The maximum penalty fine for reselling Olympic tickets without authorisation from the Olympic authorities was raised last year from £5,000 to £20,000.
Despite this, Google has placed adverts for unofficial ticket resellers which are breaking the law by selling London 2012 tickets to customers in the UK.
In this case, LiveOlympicTickets was Google's top sponsored link for 2012 tickets - and remained so for more than a week even after the Metropolitan Police had asked the search engine to remove the advertisement.
The company link was finally removed after 5 live Investigates contacted Google."
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Friday, 6 January 2012
Olympics Ticket Site Crashes
Locog has been forced to suspend part of the Olympics ticket resale process this morning, after the website crashed because of the high volumes of users seeking to sell or buy Games tickets.
Sellers of tickets, that they do not want, have been unable to upload their tickets to the site.
Locog do not know why this problem has arisen.
The system is meant to be back on line, and working properly, this afternoon.
Is it?
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Sellers of tickets, that they do not want, have been unable to upload their tickets to the site.
Locog do not know why this problem has arisen.
The system is meant to be back on line, and working properly, this afternoon.
Is it?
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Monday, 7 November 2011
Waste!
Despite the fact that Britain is facing years of austerity, and the ongoing crisis in the Eurozone that threatens to collapse the global economy, it is "reassuring" to learn that government ministers are "investing" our taxes "wisely".
What could be a better "investment" than tickets to watch the London 2012 Olympics?
Jeremy Hunt's department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has applied for, and has been allocated, 8,846 tickets to the London 2012 Olympics.
Isn't it funny that Hunt and his cronies managed to get their full allocation of tickets, yet many ordinary citizens who applied haven't?
Anyhoo, the cost to the taxpayer of this "investment" is £750K.
I am sure that you will all agree that this is money "well spent"!
SNORT!
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What could be a better "investment" than tickets to watch the London 2012 Olympics?
Jeremy Hunt's department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has applied for, and has been allocated, 8,846 tickets to the London 2012 Olympics.
Isn't it funny that Hunt and his cronies managed to get their full allocation of tickets, yet many ordinary citizens who applied haven't?
Anyhoo, the cost to the taxpayer of this "investment" is £750K.
I am sure that you will all agree that this is money "well spent"!
SNORT!
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Contingency Tickets Delayed
London 2012 organisers have delayed releasing the final batch of 1M tickets (aside from 1.5M for football) for the Olympics until April/May 2012.
Locog had planned to release them in December. However, it seems that deciding on the final seating configurations of the Olympic venues will take longer than anticipated.
All very well, maybe. However, by the time the final batch of tickets are released the cost of accommodation and sundry items (that also need to be booked) will have risen.
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Locog had planned to release them in December. However, it seems that deciding on the final seating configurations of the Olympic venues will take longer than anticipated.
All very well, maybe. However, by the time the final batch of tickets are released the cost of accommodation and sundry items (that also need to be booked) will have risen.
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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Ticket Reallocation
I have some good news and some bad news about tickets for next year's Olympic Games.
First the good news...
A dozen London boroughs did not to take up their free ticket allocation, on the grounds that they did not want paying members of the public to be deprived of a chance to see the games.
Now the bad news..
The tickets that were not taken up have not been put back into the "pot" for purchase by the public, but have in fact been reallocated for free to politicians at Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Greenwich, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest.
For those of you interested in statistics, a grand total of 14,000 tickets have been set aside for government officials while two in three public applicants failed to secure any of their ticket order.
Good isn't it?
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First the good news...
A dozen London boroughs did not to take up their free ticket allocation, on the grounds that they did not want paying members of the public to be deprived of a chance to see the games.
Now the bad news..
The tickets that were not taken up have not been put back into the "pot" for purchase by the public, but have in fact been reallocated for free to politicians at Newham, Barking and Dagenham, Greenwich, Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Waltham Forest.
For those of you interested in statistics, a grand total of 14,000 tickets have been set aside for government officials while two in three public applicants failed to secure any of their ticket order.
Good isn't it?
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Thursday, 14 July 2011
Tickets Charged Twice
Around 700 people were charged twice for their Olympic 2012 tickets. The problem hit people who were buying tickets in the first phase of the second-chance sale.
Ticketmaster, who are managing the Olympic ticket system, described the glitch as a “processing error” and are apologising to everyone who has been affected and are refunding their money.
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Ticketmaster, who are managing the Olympic ticket system, described the glitch as a “processing error” and are apologising to everyone who has been affected and are refunding their money.
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Friday, 8 July 2011
Coe Appeals For Tickets
Lord Coe has made an appeal has been made for Olympics grandees to return unwanted tickets so that UK residents can buy them.
Fat chance!
Why give away so many in the first place then?
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Fat chance!
Why give away so many in the first place then?
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011
The Olympic Ticket Farce
The Independent reports that that more than 15,000 people, who missed out on the original London 2012 ticket ballot last month, have failed for a second time to secure a ticket after taking part in the second round first-come first-served ticket sale.
There will be a third "opportunity" to buy tickets in December.
However, why go through the stress and expense of trying to buy tickets?
Why not simply watch it in comfort in front of the TV?
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There will be a third "opportunity" to buy tickets in December.
However, why go through the stress and expense of trying to buy tickets?
Why not simply watch it in comfort in front of the TV?
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Monday, 27 June 2011
La Grande Olympic Ticket Farce
Unsurprisingly, the second round UK Olympic ticket sale has again failed to live up to the hype spewed forth by Locog.
Despite being heralded as an opportunity for British sporting fans to buy tickets, it transpires that sporting fans from the EU have also been snapping up tickets (even though their countries had already been allocated tickets).
For why?
EU free trade rules prohibit EU citizens from being excluded.
Figures from the first round ballot of tickets show that EU citizens managed to obtain 150,000 tickets. Figures are not yet available for the second round.
It's a funny old world where British fans/taxpayers (who are subsidising this event) are treated so shabbily by Locog.
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Despite being heralded as an opportunity for British sporting fans to buy tickets, it transpires that sporting fans from the EU have also been snapping up tickets (even though their countries had already been allocated tickets).
For why?
EU free trade rules prohibit EU citizens from being excluded.
Figures from the first round ballot of tickets show that EU citizens managed to obtain 150,000 tickets. Figures are not yet available for the second round.
It's a funny old world where British fans/taxpayers (who are subsidising this event) are treated so shabbily by Locog.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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Friday, 24 June 2011
Second Chance Ticket Shambles
Those who missed out on tickets for the Olympics the first time round now have a second chance (as from 6am this morning) to buy some of the remaining tickets.
However, as with all things IT Olympic there appear to be some glitches in the processing of payments etc. Some hapless purchasers have reported that their payment attempts were bounced by the system.
The word "shambles" is being used by many.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
However, as with all things IT Olympic there appear to be some glitches in the processing of payments etc. Some hapless purchasers have reported that their payment attempts were bounced by the system.
The word "shambles" is being used by many.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
Don't forget to visit www.theolympicswarehouse.com
www.olympicsdiary.com brought to you by www.kenfrost.com "The Living Brand"
Monday, 13 June 2011
Quel Dommage!
Those of you who experienced problems accessing the London 2012 UK ticket site, in the last hours before the deadline for applications, may sympathise with hopeful ticket purchasers in France who cannot access the French Olympic Committee's official reselling agent's Eventour2012 site.
The site crashed at the very moment it first opened today at 8am BST.
Needless to say, the Brits are being blamed for the first day crash. It seems, according to the Telegraph, that there was such a rush of British expats to pre register that the French site could not cope and fell over.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
The site crashed at the very moment it first opened today at 8am BST.
Needless to say, the Brits are being blamed for the first day crash. It seems, according to the Telegraph, that there was such a rush of British expats to pre register that the French site could not cope and fell over.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
Don't forget to visit www.theolympicswarehouse.com
www.olympicsdiary.com brought to you by www.kenfrost.com "The Living Brand"
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