View Full Version : Concern's over empty seats...
davematt
28-07-2012, 10:17 PM
Watching today and it was very apparant that despite pretty much all events and venues being sold out, there were still alot of empty seats at certain sessions (The morning swimming session being a fine example).
I know corporate involvement is a must in this day and age, and a large allocation of tickets are issued to corporate investors/sponsors, but is this going to be a on going issue the next two weeks?
It's just very frustrating to see, especially when you have so many people that would genuinely LOVE to be at these events.
Beckenham Boy
28-07-2012, 10:36 PM
Loads and loads of tickets released this evening on official site. I almost bought 100m final for 420 then decide to go for track cycling for 150 then site crashed.
When I finally got back on nearly everything sold out
west country boy
28-07-2012, 10:42 PM
I know that Grammar Nazis are the lowest of the low, but why the f~ck did you put that apo's'trophe in"Concern's"?
Markluke
28-07-2012, 10:56 PM
Watching today and it was very apparant that despite pretty much all events and venues being sold out, there were still alot of empty seats at certain sessions (The morning swimming session being a fine example).
I know corporate involvement is a must in this day and age, and a large allocation of tickets are issued to corporate investors/sponsors, but is this going to be a on going issue the next two weeks?
It's just very frustrating to see, especially when you have so many people that would genuinely LOVE to be at these events.
It's a total disgrace.
As you say, lots of people would love to be at these events.
dannyboy1807
28-07-2012, 10:58 PM
Was at the Gymnastics today the cheaper seats were all sold out the ones that weren't sold were the expensive one.
The Omen
28-07-2012, 11:00 PM
Was at the Gymnastics today the cheaper seats were all sold out the ones that weren't sold were the expensive one.
Same for the beach volleyball this morning. Lots of empties in the expensive seats.
TopKnot
28-07-2012, 11:16 PM
It is being investigated (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jLpBBM-ad28ML4YFqU9rkJzF3Ruw?docId=N0087831343514986125A)
If prices are high then how do they expect the general public to fork out for sports that are miniscule in Britain to start with??
Womens handball for instance is only big here in Norway and in Denmark and basically nowhere else. Small wonder people in London don't turn up to watch a sport they've never even heard about?!? Give tickets to kids for free if you can't sell them cheaply or sponsors won't have them.
The Misfit
29-07-2012, 09:05 AM
Remember this story?:
London 2012 accused of 'chronic lack of transparency' over ticketing
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/mar/07/london-2012-lack-transparency-ticketing
racehorse-80s
29-07-2012, 10:10 AM
Just shows how the benefits of the corporate side and the aledged UK business deals is overdone by the Olympic committee
little al
29-07-2012, 10:15 AM
Tickets were a bloody shambles from the start.
gold76
29-07-2012, 10:36 AM
Loads of goonery at the cycling rack and file 10/12 deep lining the streets..
When the poor British chap Cavendish crossed the line, expensive seats all empty.
If these seats have been paid for & no bugger sitting there after say half hour, they should let Joe Public in for nowt!
little al
29-07-2012, 10:40 AM
If these seats have been paid for & no bugger sitting there after say half hour, they should let Joe Public in for nowt!
And that would cause problems with the paying public, who half the time didn't get a sport they even like. The whole thing is a mess.
rhiannapaul
29-07-2012, 10:51 AM
1st come 1 served at venues at knock down price should be the way forward advertised daily
Ralph
29-07-2012, 11:08 AM
Got tickets for the basket ball semi's last night - happened to be on my Birthday so thought we'd take a trip up for the day - fingers crossed its the US Team in the semi I got tickets for and not Tunisia .v. Gabon or something.
The Misfit
29-07-2012, 11:09 AM
Olympics venues are "stuffed to the gunnels" with sports fans, London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has insisted amid a row over empty seats.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19034653
The Misfit
29-07-2012, 11:10 AM
Tickets were a bloody shambles from the start.
^^^
gold76
29-07-2012, 11:14 AM
12a1
So the corporate bigwigs can't be arsed to turn up for less interesting events..
Always an Eagle
29-07-2012, 01:29 PM
So the corporate bigwigs can't be arsed to turn up for less interesting events..
Who knew eh !
Chester 76
29-07-2012, 02:07 PM
What happened to G4S`s tickets ? Seeing as they banned staff from going after the security fiasco according to the Sunday Times.
Sam Spade
29-07-2012, 02:39 PM
Coe responded on TV by saying his cunning plan would be to fill the seats with Service personnel, teachers and volunteers and that it had always been planned to do this.
Presumably that means they knew the corporate types would buy seats and not turn up but they still did it to get the maximum dosh. Very Olympian!
Ruskin Old Boy
29-07-2012, 02:48 PM
Lord Coe said the seats were stuffed. What he meant to say was that the expensive seats were stuffed and well padded for corporate bums.
Well, he might not have said bums.
Tom's Old Man
29-07-2012, 03:24 PM
It is no surprise. Truly disgraceful.
Sam Spade
29-07-2012, 03:25 PM
Lord Coe said the seats were stuffed.
I think he was referring to the general public.
Ruskin Old Boy
29-07-2012, 03:29 PM
I think he was referring to the general public.
Poor old Shipperley, the butt of so many jokes :eek:
racehorse-80s
05-08-2012, 04:43 PM
Wimbledon centre court only two thirds full max ATM why?
Mixed double final with Brits:eek:
LLCOOLSTEVE
05-08-2012, 04:46 PM
Wimbledon centre court only two thirds full max ATM why?
Mixed double final with Brits:eek:
You get tickets for 2 matches (double session), those who watched the firstgame have gone home, maybe some Swiss people, other foriegners etc not interested in this game?!
racehorse-80s
05-08-2012, 04:56 PM
You get tickets for 2 matches (double session), those who watched the firstgame have gone home, maybe some Swiss people, other foriegners etc not interested in this game?!
What a bad ticketing system for the finals.
Budgie Byrne
05-08-2012, 05:01 PM
You get tickets for 2 matches (double session), those who watched the firstgame have gone home, maybe some Swiss people, other foriegners etc not interested in this game?!
Not sure if its different today, but on Thursday your ticket was for the whole day (12 -8 approx) I am sure there will be some people who have left to make their way home, but if you go to Wimbledon on a regular basis during most games people will drift in and out to take a break or have a walk around to soak up the atmosphere. If you try and sit through every game in every match you will get a very sore backside:D
Budgie Byrne
05-08-2012, 05:04 PM
Oh and on Thursday as people left they were letting people in to watch who only had ground pass tickets or who had been on Court 1 which had finished.
The most empty section on Thursday was the "press area" :rolleyes:
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