Reply to: London Olympic Games ticket prices announced

[d000hg]

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Some of us have already seen the men's 100m final at the Olympics
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Probably the most amazing thing I have seen in my life.

Minestrone, just come out already.

[gingerjedi]

It's the Weston beach race this weekend, it really pisses me off that I can't get on it without paying £40 to some spiv bastard organiser who doesn't even live here.

I have no desire to go on the beach in mid October ...but if I did.

[TimberWolf]

I'm was planning on going down to Weymouth to sit on the beach and watch the sailing. Do you think the organisers will build a West Bank style wall to shield the sea from cheapskate spectators?

I don't know about that, but my local fireworks display and bonfire do that (not long to go now). They fence the area off and shine bright lights at the freeloaders, and berate us too.

[Zippy]

I'm was planning on going down to Weymouth to sit on the beach and watch the sailing. Do you think the organisers will build a West Bank style wall to shield the sea from cheapskate spectators?

They did in Athens IIRC.

[gingerjedi]

I'm was planning on going down to Weymouth to sit on the beach and watch the sailing. Do you think the organisers will build a West Bank style wall to shield the sea from cheapskate spectators?

[TimberWolf]

Get saving now lads - it's £450 for the best seats at the beach volleyball final.

This one?

[Zippy]

Get saving now lads - it's £450 for the best seats at the beach volleyball final.

[HairyArsedBloke]

I've taken the prices and cross referenced them against the list of events I want to go to. My total expenditure projection is precisely what it was before the price of the events was announced.

Am I a top forecaster or what?

[cailin maith]

[minestrone]

Looks like the 100m men's final is king of the Olympics.

BBC News - London Olympic Games ticket prices are announced
Tickets | London 2012

How do these things work, do you mill around for the rest of the day after seeing the event you paid for not being able to see anything?

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Some of us have already seen the men's 100m final at the Olympics
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Probably the most amazing thing I have seen in my life.

[Zippy]

So is it worth going, with all the aggro and expense of getting there, only to see a 9.7 second race?

Buy tickets for the 10000 metres and then you'll get your money's worth.

[TimberWolf]

Yes. You get a ticket for a specific session/sport. So if you buy a ticket for the morning session of the athletics you can't stay on for the evening session. (this is how it worked at the Athens games anyway)

So is it worth going, with all the aggro and expense of getting there, only to see a 9.7 second race?

[EternalOptimist]

Bloomin Olympics. Can't stand 'em what with all the blanket coverage of minority sports that somebody British is likely to do well in.

Expect these Olympics to be 10 times as bad, there will be no escape.

I'm going away somehwere where there is no television for that particular fortnight.

[fullyautomatix]

Bloomin Olympics. Can't stand 'em what with all the blanket coverage of minority sports that somebody British is likely to do well in.

Expect these Olympics to be 10 times as bad, there will be no escape.

I'm going away somehwere where there is no television for that particular fortnight.

Grice I have an idea for you. Why dont you sleep off the entire fortnight ? Just take about 15 sleeping pills to last that long.

[SupremeSpod]

Bloomin Olympics. Can't stand 'em what with all the blanket coverage of minority sports that somebody British is likely to do well in.

Expect these Olympics to be 10 times as bad, there will be no escape.

I'm going away somehwere where there is no television for that particular fortnight.

Hopefully your flight will crash into a mountain and you'll be the only fatality.