30-07-2012, 12:22
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The Invisible Woman
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Current affairs discussion
http://davidprescott.wordpress.com/2...olympic-seats/
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Just got back from the Olympic Park to hear Locog’s trying to solve the problem with empty seats at venues.
I managed to get a £10 entrance only ticket to the park, not expecting to see any Olympic action other than on the big screens.
But as we walked around the site, we came across a long queue for the ticket office. We assumed this was for tickets for the Mittal Orbit or maybe for other events later in the week.
But no. It was for recycled tickets to watch the basketball and handball. Every ticket has a barcode that’s scanned but not everyone wants to sit through the whole sporting event.
When they leave the venue, their ticket is scanned again, notifying the ticket office that seat is now free.
Those tickets are then put back on sale for a fraction of the price.
So after a half hour queue, I found myself picking up a £90 ticket to see the US v Croatia in the basketball arena for just….£5.
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