kevzz Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Does anyone here know for sure if there will ever be a last final batch of tickets for sale soon? Is it the same online sale system? I am desperate and dying to get a ticket for opening ceremony. What are the last resorts to get my hands on one? I hope if all fails, they will do a wimbleson style queueing sale that guarantees you a ticket if you are willing to camp and queue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 For the opening ceremony? Should think they're long gone Kev. But best of luck in your hunt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevzz Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Not even some last remaining batch left for the last final sale? Then what events are still available then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Yes, it is confirmed that there will be more tickets up for sale. Details of how it will be run are still being worked out. Looks like they want to use Ticketmaster. I would expect at least a few opening ceremony tickets will be in that last batch. They will probably be in the most expensive categories, and demand will be *much* greater than supply. You'll need a lot of luck to get them. If you are shut out and really do want tickets, the "legal touts" (Thomas Cook) may have some very expensive pagages that include opening ceremony tickets. Plus, no matter what officilas claim, there will be illegal touts with tickets. Just be careful as there will also be lots of illegal touts without tickets scaming people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Actually, you may well be right zekekelso. It was mentioned that they were finalising camera positions in the venues and that some seats couldn't be released until those were sorted. So I expect there may well be a few opening ceremony tickets left. But probably not very many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Does anyone here know for sure if there will ever be a last final batch of tickets for sale soon? Is it the same online sale system? I am desperate and dying to get a ticket for opening ceremony. What are the last resorts to get my hands on one? I hope if all fails, they will do a wimbleson style queueing sale that guarantees you a ticket if you are willing to camp and queue... Re Wimbledon style ticket resale queues. At my GM training session they did say they were looking at reselling tickets for some venues but not all. The ticket (if I recall correctly) would also only be available to those inside the park already. R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevzz Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 How about queues for fresh final last batch of tickets instead of reselling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissO Posted May 2, 2012 Report Share Posted May 2, 2012 Does anyone here know for sure if there will ever be a last final batch of tickets for sale soon? Is it the same online sale system? I am desperate and dying to get a ticket for opening ceremony. What are the last resorts to get my hands on one? I hope if all fails, they will do a wimbleson style queueing sale that guarantees you a ticket if you are willing to camp and queue... London 2012 say sale of non-football Olympic tickets to be delayed until mid May due to testing on Ticketmaster website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volshy Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Does anyone here know for sure if there will ever be a last final batch of tickets for sale soon? Is it the same online sale system? I am desperate and dying to get a ticket for opening ceremony. What are the last resorts to get my hands on one? I hope if all fails, they will do a wimbleson style queueing sale that guarantees you a ticket if you are willing to camp and queue... Here are some details re LOCOG Round 3: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17122228. The announcement of the exact details was meant to be this week (as mentioned on the official news release re: the football tickets being on sale. But the announcement never came and so it will be probably be next week. And the sale w/c 14th May I strongly suspect. And here is some detail re: ticket booths http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17206947 My understanding is that there will be ticket booths (1) in the Olympic Park - for those already in there; (2) in a few places across London and (3) in cities across the UK. Hope that helps. John / @volshy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissO Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 London 2012 due to announce new details about their ticketing programme AT 12:30 CET so in a few minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissO Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 LOGOG announced 928,000 more Olympic tickets to go on sale on May 11th at noon (CET). First, tickets will go to people who missed out in 1st and 2nd round and have an email on June 26th saying they were unsuccessful. The schedule for the contingency sales period is: May 11 from 11am to 6pm on 12 May, tickets will be on sale for that group of 20,000 people in an exclusive pre-sale. There will be tickets for all events apart from Olympic Park tickets. Limited tickets for Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be included. May 13 from 11am – Hockey, Tennis, Wrestling (Freestyle), Wrestling (Greco-Roman), Beach Volleyball and Football May 14 from 11am – Athletics (Race Walk), Athletics (Marathon), Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint, Shooting, Swimming, Volleyball, Weightlifting and Cycling (Track) May 15 from 11am – Equestrian (Dressage), Equestrian (Eventing), Equestrian (Jumping), Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Handball, Table Tennis, Swimming (Marathon) and Water Polo May 16 from 11am – Basketball (North Greenwich Arena sessions), Badminton, Sailing, Gymnastics (Artistic), Gymnastics (Rhythmic), Gymnastics (Trampoline), Judo, Taekwondo, Boxing and Fencing May 17 from 11am – Archery, Basketball (Basketball Arena sessions), Cycling (BMX), Cycling (Mountain Bike), Cycling (Road), Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Triathlon and Olympic Park tickets Full article : http://www.insidethegames.biz/olympics/summer-olympics/2012/16864-london-2012-to-put-more-olympic-tickets-on-sale-this-week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissO Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Any tickets unsold during this period will go back on general sale from May 23 at 11am (for everyone even those that have been successful in the 2 first rounds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissO Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Official LOCOG announcement : http://www.london2012.com/news/articles/london-2012-confirms-ticketing-timeline.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissO Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Contingency of available tickets here : http://mm.gettyimages.com/mm/download/167225182.167225184/Contingency_numbers_%282%29.pdf?CSRFToken=708CAA6C07A5C0C565027DA6E15729C6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judoka Posted May 8, 2012 Report Share Posted May 8, 2012 Hello guys, As all of you, I'm a great sportslover and also will visit London 2012. I've got 2 tickets for Gymnastics Artistic, on 29 july (woman), GA004 (Cat. D) from 09:30 - 12:45. I would like to swap them for 2 tickets for GA005, also on 29 july, but from 14:45 - 18:00. Countries in subdivision 1 and 2 (GA004) are Australia, Brasil, Italy, Belgium and some others I couldn't find out (maybe someone can tell me where I can find the other countries joining this group?). So if you've got tickets for GA005 and want to swap for GA004, tell me, maybe we can fix something and make me very happy :-) Kind regards, Judoka (Netherlands) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista Posted May 9, 2012 Report Share Posted May 9, 2012 "The tickets, available at www.tickets.london2012.com, include 5,000 to the Opening Ceremony, 6,000 to the Closing Ceremony, and 50,000 to athletic events." 5000 to the OC????? This is not fair!!! I wonder why i didn´t choose only tickets to the OC or to the 100m, last year!!!! I would have more chances this time!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherRob Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 General sale tomorrow. Here's the ticket availability: http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/General/01/25/60/14/LOC2011PUB0033OlympicGamesticketavailabilityguideV3_Neutral.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Olympics official caught touting thousands of pounds worth of London 2012 tickets A senior Olympics official from Ukraine has been exposed offering to sell tickets to the London 2012 Games on the black market. Volodymyr Gerashchenko, the general secretary of Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee (NOC), told an undercover reporter he was prepared to sell up to 100 spare tickets for cash for between £50 and £150 each. Unauthorised ticket sales are illegal under the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act, and those found to be selling tickets can be fined up to £20,000. The BBC's investigation was broadcast hours before remaining Olympic Games tickets go on sale to the public. It will be embarrassing for Olympics organisers after facing criticism of the tickets ballot, which left many people disappointed. Former Olympic minister, Tessa Jowell MP, called for an investigation and said: “I think it’s shocking. Here’s somebody who’s exploiting the system and if the charge against them is proven, the sanctions are very heavy.” he report, aired on BBC London News, showed a reporter posing as a ticket dealer from the UK. Mr Gerashchenko told the journalist: "I understand you’re a dealer – that’s why for me, you are priority number one, the top, the person, in case we have extra tickets to contact you, we contact you.” At a later meeting at a hotel near the Olympic park in east London, he said he preferred cash to a bank transfer for the tickets. Mr Gerashchenko has been the head of Ukraine's NOC since 1997. But the BBC received a tip-off suggesting someone linked to the body might be prepared to sell tickets. When confronted over the revelations that he was prepared to break British law, Mr Gerashchenko claimed he had “never planned to sell tickets in the UK” and had been making “diplomatic talk to satisfy the persistent interest of the ticket dealer”. Olympic organising body, Locog, and the Metropolitan Police will be under increased pressure to tackle the potential for ticket touts with demand still high. Scotland Yard has already launching Operation Podium, which was specifically set up to tackle organised crime aimed at taking advantage of the Games. http://www.telegraph...12-tickets.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baptista Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 GOTOSY are you from Portugal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 sweepstakesweepstake GOTOSY are you from Portugal? Nope, I'm taking part in the ESC sweepstake as supporter of Portugal and Switzerland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Ukrainian official suspended amid ticket scandal The Ukraine National Olympic Committee launched an investigation on Tuesday and suspended a top official accused of offering to sell thousands of dollars worth of tickets for the London Olympics on the black market. Ukrainian Olympic chief Sergei Bubka suspended general secretary Volodymyr Gerashchenko after a BBC report said he allegedly offered to sell 100 tickets for the July 27-Aug. 12 Games to a reporter posing as a ticket buyer. Bubka, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member who was attending meetings in Quebec City, said he would return home to Kiev, Ukraine, on Wednesday to the deal with the scandal. "For us it is a really unpleasant situation, particularly for me as president of the National Olympic Committee," Bubka told reporters at a hastily arranged media briefing. "First I would like to say we have suspended Mr. Gerashchenko and started an investigation. "We will create an independent commission to investigate what has happened." Bubka said he had few details beyond the BBC report but had already informed Seb Coe, head of the London Olympic Organising Committee and IOC president Jacques Rogge of the situation Reuters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobart Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 under an hour to go till tickets go on sale i have my eye on some hockey and basketball tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobart Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 after an hour of requesting tickets i cant find anything that has come back available even random volleyball prelims. anyone else been lucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceRings Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 Managed to pick up a badminton and handball ticket just after 11. Wait time fluctuated between 3 an 5 mins before getting through after about 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tickle Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 I was trying for Diving finals, I knew I wouldnt have a chance. The expensive ones are there the cheapest come back as cant be found. I want to see a possible Tom Daley final, not £500 though. I got a semi final so gonna leave it at that. The searching time is pretty much instant now, rather than the 30 minutes earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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