London mayor misses out on Olympic tickets
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June 2, 2011, Thursday
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MAYOR Boris Johnson said he would keep trying to get tickets for the 2012 London Olympics after revealing yesterday he had been unlucky in the first round of applications despite applying for several tickets.
Speaking at an event to mark the completion of the "gateway" station at Stratford, east London, Johnson said he would try by "hook or by crook" to get tickets for himself and his family.
"Obviously, it makes me even more keen to get re-elected and get there," Johnson said. "I, like everybody else, am going to have another crack at it in July and if I fail then I am going to have another go in November."
People applying for tickets should have had the money drawn from their bank accounts by May 31, though they will not officially be told if they have been successful until June 24.
Seb Coe, chairman of the London organizing committee (LOCOG), said he realized some people would be "bitterly disappointed" but defended the system as the fairest available.
Another possible unlucky applicant was Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, who said London had moved in less than 10 years from being one of the "laggards in international public transport connectivity to one of the world's leaders."
London's old and creaking transport infrastructure has been a recurring concern for the International Olympic Committee.
Stratford, which will handle close to half of all spectators to the nearby Olympic Park, has benefited from 125 million pounds (US$205 million) of improvements.
Ten different rail routes will serve the station, helping treble passenger capacity to nearly 120,000 during the Games.
Its upgrade is part of a wider 6.5 billion pound transport upgrade across the country.
Speaking at an event to mark the completion of the "gateway" station at Stratford, east London, Johnson said he would try by "hook or by crook" to get tickets for himself and his family.
"Obviously, it makes me even more keen to get re-elected and get there," Johnson said. "I, like everybody else, am going to have another crack at it in July and if I fail then I am going to have another go in November."
People applying for tickets should have had the money drawn from their bank accounts by May 31, though they will not officially be told if they have been successful until June 24.
Seb Coe, chairman of the London organizing committee (LOCOG), said he realized some people would be "bitterly disappointed" but defended the system as the fairest available.
Another possible unlucky applicant was Transport Secretary Philip Hammond, who said London had moved in less than 10 years from being one of the "laggards in international public transport connectivity to one of the world's leaders."
London's old and creaking transport infrastructure has been a recurring concern for the International Olympic Committee.
Stratford, which will handle close to half of all spectators to the nearby Olympic Park, has benefited from 125 million pounds (US$205 million) of improvements.
Ten different rail routes will serve the station, helping treble passenger capacity to nearly 120,000 during the Games.
Its upgrade is part of a wider 6.5 billion pound transport upgrade across the country.
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