Olympics


Survey: London Olympics ticket sales confuse fans

By Kelly McWilliams

A new survey by British consumer advocacy Web site Which? reveals that London Olympics fans still have trouble understanding how to get their hands on tickets.

Questioning 1,275 adults from across the UK, the survey found that only 7 percent of respondents were confident that they understood how the remainder of tickets for London's 2012 Summer Olympics will be sold, less than a year before the Opening Ceremonies of the Games.

London theaters hope to capitalize on 2012 Olympics tourism

By Kelly McWilliams

London's West End is betting that attendees of next summer's Olympic Games will be theatergoers as well.

The Society of London Theatre (SOLT), an association of London-area theater owners and producers, has announced that a number of its shows will extend bookings into the period of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, roughly one year from now.

More ticketing problems for the London Olympics

By Kelly McWilliams

Even when trying to right the wrongs of its first round of 2012 Olympics ticket sales, the London Olympic Organizing Committee (LOCOG) again faced serious problems in the second round which began last weekend.

This second round of sales, targeting only those who missed out on getting tickets during LOCOG's troubled first attempt at selling tickets to countrymen for their 2012 Summer Games, began on June 24 at 6 AM British Summer Time (BST) and will run until 6 PM BST on July 3.

London Olympics tickets go on sale again

By Kelly McWilliams

Those British Olympic fans who lost out in the first, problematic round of 2012 Olympic ticket sales have now learned when they can try again.

In recent days, the London Olympic Organizing Committee (LOCOG) announced details of a second round of Olympics ticket sales open to the British public (and designated European countries), with only those 1.2 million who were denied tickets in the first go round invited to apply.

Ticket sales continue to bedevil London Olympics organizers

By Kelly McWilliams

This is certainly not the lead up to the Olympics that event organizers had intended.

In the hot seat this week were both London Olympic Organizing Committee (LOCOG) chair Lord Sebastian Coe and chief executive Paul Deighton, who were forced to make the media rounds in an attempt to explain why over half of those Britons who had applied for London 2012 tickets were unsuccessful.

UK fans crash Web site selling London Olympics tickets

By Kelly McWilliams

The frustrating process of buying tickets for the London 2012 Olympics has led many Brits to seek their tickets elsewhere, in at least one case with disastrous results.

Ever resourceful, British fans recently found a way into a purchasing site meant primarily for foreign countries with the aim of securing Olympics tickets.

UK hotel chain dumps London Olympics rooms agreement

By Kelly McWilliams

The London Olympic Organizing Committee’s (LOCOG) troubles with local hotels have just gotten deeper.

The growing animosity between London’s hoteliers and LOCOG, which hit media outlets two weeks ago, has culminated in at least one hotel pulling its rooms out of the committee’s allocation for the Games. Whether other hotels are considering similar action is unknown.

London hoteliers angered over London Olympics package prices

By Kelly McWilliams

The problems with planning London's 2012 Summer Olympic Games just seem to go on and on.

Last month, a large sector of fans buying tickets to the Games online were denied purchase because their VISA credit cards had expiration dates prior to August 2011.

Ticket sales for 2012 London Summer Olympics off to a rocky start

By Kelly McWilliams

Ticket sales for the 2012 London Summer Olympics started early last week, but you couldn't say it was smooth sailing in the first days.

Within hours of the March 15 launch of LOCOG's (the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) official Olympics tickets Web site, fans reported problems with the process. Those whose VISA credit cards expire before August of this year found that they were prevented from buying tickets at the site.

London law enforcement set up specialized unit to crack down on illegal Olympics ticket sales

By Kelly McWilliams

When tickets for London's 2012 Summer Olympics go on sale next month, a special unit of the city's police force will be on the lookout for those who would resell their allotment.

Operation Podium, a unit of 36 Metropolitan Police detectives dedicated to rooting out ticket companies and others planning to resell their Olympic tickets, was formed in June of 2010 and already has made 37 arrests.



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18 Tix.com 0.82
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