2011
28
Apr
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…
2011
26
Apr
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…
2011
23
Mar
2009
29
Jul
Unsurprisingly statements made in 2004 by Lord Coe, that the minimum cost of tickets to see the London Olympics 2012 would be around £15 are proving to be a tad exaggerated.Olympics organisers have back peddled on the £15 starting price, and now say …
2008
27
Nov
Five people from London have been arrested for their involvement in an online ticket fraud for the Beijing Olympics.Since September the Metropolitan police have been investigating complaints about the failure by companies to supply at least 4,000 ticke…
2008
6
Nov
With only two days left in the Phase 1 Request
Period of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games ticketing program, the
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter
Games (VANOC) is advising Canadians not to wait until the last moment before
requesting tickets. This is the public’s best chance to request tickets; the
deadline is midnight, [...]
2008
1
Nov
The Beijing Olympics may have ended in August, but the Games continue to play out in U.S. courts.
Claiming the company reneged on tens of thousands of dollars in payments for fulfilling orders, Texas ticket broker Andrew Hentrich, owner of the Austin Ticket Company, is suing RazorGator for alleged breach of contract.
RazorGator, the nation’s sixth-largest secondary [...]
2008
30
Oct
If people are cutting spending on luxury items in these uncertain economic times, they’re not doing it on tickets to the Olympic Games.
With just over a week to go in the first phase of ticket sales, packages to the 2010 Olympics are selling out and individual requests are increasing daily.
Around 120 packages that contained tickets [...]
2008
30
Oct
The Telegraph reports that London Olympics organising committee chief executive, Paul Deighton, believes that ticket sales for the 2012 Olympic Games will not be adversely affected by the looming economic downturn.He predicts that they will hit their t…
2008
9
Oct
A Canadian tour operator is being sued by a group of Americans for breaking a deal to provide tickets to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
A lawsuit filed in a Texas court alleges that Winnipeg-based Roadtrips Inc. sold tickets for the opening ceremonies as part of their tour packages but failed to deliver them.
“The [...]