Olympic ticketing woes
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June 19, 2011, Sunday
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MOST of the people who applied for tickets for the 2012 London Olympics missed out in the first round of sales.
Organizers announced on Friday that 1.2 million of the 1.9 million people who applied for tickets ended up with nothing. Just 700,000 individuals - mostly Britons - split 3 million tickets between them after a six-week sales window.
"We certainly understand people's disappointment," organizing committee chief executive Paul Deighton said. "But we think we allocated as fairly as we could."
Tickets were not put on sale on a first-come, first-served basis and events that were oversubscribed were allocated through a lottery. A third of the tickets have been sold to London residents, while the average successful application saw four tickets sold for 175 pounds (US$283).
The 1.2 million people who missed out will be given the first opportunity to buy tickets when a further 2.3 million go on sale on June 24.
By next month organizers expect to have raised 400 million pounds from ticket sales, with a further 100 million pounds anticipated by the time the Olympics start on July 27, 2012.
Organizers announced on Friday that 1.2 million of the 1.9 million people who applied for tickets ended up with nothing. Just 700,000 individuals - mostly Britons - split 3 million tickets between them after a six-week sales window.
"We certainly understand people's disappointment," organizing committee chief executive Paul Deighton said. "But we think we allocated as fairly as we could."
Tickets were not put on sale on a first-come, first-served basis and events that were oversubscribed were allocated through a lottery. A third of the tickets have been sold to London residents, while the average successful application saw four tickets sold for 175 pounds (US$283).
The 1.2 million people who missed out will be given the first opportunity to buy tickets when a further 2.3 million go on sale on June 24.
By next month organizers expect to have raised 400 million pounds from ticket sales, with a further 100 million pounds anticipated by the time the Olympics start on July 27, 2012.
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