Olympics News and Info

20 Million Ticket Registrations

Approximately 20 million ticket applications have been registered by 1.8 million people for the 6.6 million tickets available for the London 2012 Olympics.Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 OlympicsDon’t forget to visit www.theolympicswarehouse…

Ticket Deadline

People have until 2359 BST today to apply for 6.6 million London Olympics tickets on the London 2012 website.Prices range from £20 to £2,012.However, London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has warned that only 50% of tickets for the major events could be avai…

The Green Olympics?

Boris Johnson, the London Mayor, has been warned that the increase in traffic (as a result of the London Olympics in 2012) will breach pollution limits.The result?London will be fined £300M by the EU!Now worries, just add that to the Olympic “budget”!…

Snouts In The Trough

It would seem that some people involved with the London Olympics 2012 simply cannot resist sticking their snouts in the trough.The Telegraph recently reported that some of London’s leading hotel groups (including Intercontinental, Hilton and Thistle) a…

Knobheads

Lord Coe has waded into the dispute between the knobheads running the British Olympic Association (BOA) and Locog.The dispute is over how any post Games surplus (there’s optimism for you!) should be defined. The BOA argues that the surplus should be ca…

Time To Knock Some Heads Together

The government has woken up to the fact that the absurd row between the British Olympics Association (BOA) and Locog, over the share of post Olympics spoils (if there are any), is severely damaging what is already a rather tainted brand.The Sports Mini…

Knobheads Pissing Money Away!

I noted earlier this month that the British Olympic Association (BOA) seems to be “pissing money away”.Not content with the flow rate of piss, the BOA have now got themselves involved in a costly and time consuming legal spat with Locog.The Guardian re…

The Pig’s Breakfast

Picnics and Mobiles Banned

Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics, on the pretext of “security”, are considering banning spectators from bringing mobile phones and picnics to Olympics events.Flasks, thermoses and larger quantities of food will all be banned.Liquids of more than …

Tick Tock – Olympics Clock Stops

To add to the woes of the London 2012 Olympics organisers, who were already looking rather foolish for the glitch that prevents certain Visa card holders from buying tickets for the games, the 500 day countdown clock in Trafalgar Square (that was activ…