What do you think caused it ? do you think corporations bought a load as "gifts" to their execs and business partners who then never used them or maybe was it the government / public sector getting a load and again giving it away to those higher tier civil servants who then didn't bother turning up or do you think its plain old ticket touts who couldn't sell them on at ridiculously high prices ?
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Happens at all big events. Tickets given away to corporates who cant be arsed going, bought by agency touts who try and shift them on for huge profit and fail.Originally posted by sbakoola View Post
Happened at Euro 96. All the grounds were sold out for lots of games with no tickets available only on the day, all the stadiums were half full at best.
Dont know why you're suggestting its higher grade civil servants, look to sponsors and touts imo.I couldn't give two fornicators! Yes, really!
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It's probably because so many of the people that should be in those seats are stuck in traffic jams caused by the olympic lanes.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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The whole ticketing process has been very cumbersome and onoreous and not surprised there would be empty seats as a result.
This is summed up by Lord Coe's comments this morning - BBC News - London 2012: Olympics venues 'stuffed to gunnels' - Lord Coe who it seems (at point of typing) has turned a blind eye to the whole ridiculous process all the way through.______________________
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Maybe the whole ridiculous lottery based ticketing system has put off punters from buying the tickets. What happened to good old fashioned way of selling tickets to first come first serve. The only reason why I havent bothered to buy any tickets if I am honest.Vote Corbyn ! Save this country !Comment
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I am planning to use mineOriginally posted by sbakoola View Post
Tickets should have been auctioned - starting from the most desireable, then maybe those who paid their own money for them would actually borther to turn up. The revenue from higher priced tickets would probably make sponsors unnecessary - if anything Olympics are being brought into disrepute by crazy sponsor demands.Comment
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Because the events are tulip, bet its full for the 100m. I mean who cares about Cycling, Sailing Judo and utter crud like that.Comment
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Well yesterdays bike race was reckoned to have drawn over a million people out to line the streets, the biggest olympic crowd ever, so it would seem that quite a few people do care.Originally posted by russell View PostWhile you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Yeah when it's free then it's a bit more interesting than Corrie.Originally posted by doodab View PostComment
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Serves them fecking right.
They should give the tickets away free to British citizens.'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch.Comment
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