People still hoping to get tickets for the 2012 London Olympics won’t get another shot at buying tickets until April.
Britain’s Olympics minister rejected demands for a full accounting of ticket sales. A London watchdog group demanded that games organizers clearly show how sales break down between expensive and affordable tickets.
London Olympics organizers said they would respond when ticket sales are done.
The London’s Olympic ticketing process has been slowed by computer problems and huge demand. A complicated lottery system in which people blindly registered for tickets and handed over their credit card details to pay for them before they knew what — if any — tickets they were getting added to public unease.
In the first round, about 22 million requests came in for the 6.6 million tickets, which range in price from 20.12 pounds ($31.60) to 2,012 pounds ($3,159). Further rounds were blighted by computer problems, and plans for future ticket sales have failed to stem public grumbling.
There is still confusion about the next ticket offering, expected in April. New figures indicate about 4 million tickets are still unsold, including many for Paralympic events and soccer matches.
The 2012 London Olympics start July 27 and end Aug. 12.
Posted by Deb Smith
2012 London Olympic ticket buyers on hold
People still hoping to get tickets for the 2012 London Olympics won’t get another shot at buying tickets until April.
Britain’s Olympics minister rejected demands for a full accounting of ticket sales. A London watchdog group demanded that games organizers clearly show how sales break down between expensive and affordable tickets.
London Olympics organizers said they would respond when ticket sales are done.
The London’s Olympic ticketing process has been slowed by computer problems and huge demand. A complicated lottery system in which people blindly registered for tickets and handed over their credit card details to pay for them before they knew what — if any — tickets they were getting added to public unease.
In the first round, about 22 million requests came in for the 6.6 million tickets, which range in price from 20.12 pounds ($31.60) to 2,012 pounds ($3,159). Further rounds were blighted by computer problems, and plans for future ticket sales have failed to stem public grumbling.
There is still confusion about the next ticket offering, expected in April. New figures indicate about 4 million tickets are still unsold, including many for Paralympic events and soccer matches.
The 2012 London Olympics start July 27 and end Aug. 12.
Posted by Deb Smith