London Olympics Tickets 2012

London 2012 organisers have been urged to be upfront from the start about how many tickets for the Olympics will be available and how much they will cost. It is the only way the public can have confidence in ticket distribution, according to the London Assembly’s economic development, culture, sport and tourism committee.

The committee has written to London 2012 chiefs asking for information on how they plan to fill the 9.2 million seats at the Games.

“The key issue is simple: how many people will be ahead of the average Londoner in the queue for Olympic tickets?” committee chair Dee Doocey asked.

“Locog (the London 2012 organising body) needs to be open and transparent about how many tickets are going to be available for the public and how many are going to be reserved for the ‘Olympic family’.

“These tickets for International Olympic Committee staff, officials, partners and sponsors will significantly reduce the number of seats available for the public.”

The committee would like to know how many tickets will be available at less that £10, £20 and £30 and how they will be shared out among the events.

Other questions include how any possible stand-by scheme for unused tickets might work and who, if anyone, would count as a priority group for preferential or low cost tickets.

London 2012 should publish its ticketing strategy in draft form as soon as possible to allow the public to comment on it before it is finalised, the committee concluded.

A London 2012 spokesman said: “We will be making an announcement about our ticketing strategy after the Vancouver Paralympic Games has finished. Tickets will not go on sale until 2011.”

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The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012, followed by the 2012 Paralympic Games from 29 August to 9 September.

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