2012 Olympics

[TheGayTent]

9.35 billion of which 6 billion from government for a few week of athletics is it really worth it?

Personally I think not.

[Kowalski]

9.35 billion of which 6 billion from government for a few week of athletics is it really worth it?

Personally I think not.

[ampersand]

Just as well its not just a few weeks of athletics then!

[chappiepunk]

I think its definately worth it, lets face it, if we didnt have the olympics, the money would just be wasted on something else. Im just glad its in my lifetime/ when im at the age when I can really appreciate it.

[miniand]

lest we forget the volleyball, shooting and canoeing. i think it's worth every penny!

[brighteyes]

Deadline tonight then. I decided I would apply for some, it'd be nice to take a couple of days off work next summer to get involved and be a part of it.

I applied for one of the preliminary round football matches at the Millennium Stadium, and a handball quarter-final in London. Handball is quite cool, think it'd be a laugh. Both 4 x £20 tickets.

Hope I get at least one of them... Perhaps not both as I'm poor. Anyone else been tempted at the last minute?

[Gre]

I was always going to apply, and finally got round to doing it over the weekend. Going with my parents, which is a little sad, but none of my friends are overly keen.

We've applied for;

Men's 100m final

Another evening of Athletics

Evening of cycling

BMX finals

Evening of swimming

A couple of days on centre court for the tennis (my mum's choice)

An afternoon of handball- that's the banker

It's £947 if we get the lot, but I highly doubt we will. I'm

a bit of an Olympics geek. I've been to Barcelona, Munich, Sydney & Atlanta and have loved seeing the remains of the games (Stockholm too, but other than the stadium there wasn't much left 93 years after), so just to go to the park and be around the buzz would be great.

[grumpyhack]

The Olympics do nothing for me but the ticket prices make Glasto seem like good value for money.

[nightcrawler13]

applied for open ceremony (it's being directed by Danny Boyle!)

and swimming the day after

quite excited to find out if i got them

[Snufflebutt]

I was always going to apply, and finally got round to doing it over the weekend. Going with my parents, which is a little sad, but none of my friends are overly keen.

We've applied for;

Men's 100m final

Another evening of Athletics

Evening of cycling

BMX finals

Evening of swimming

A couple of days on centre court for the tennis (my mum's choice)

An afternoon of handball- that's the banker

It's £947 if we get the lot, but I highly doubt we will. I'm

a bit of an Olympics geek. I've been to Barcelona, Munich, Sydney & Atlanta and have loved seeing the remains of the games (Stockholm too, but other than the stadium there wasn't much left 93 years after), so just to go to the park and be around the buzz would be great.

[greenfairy43]

I've applied for Equestrian events, the Eventing Cross Country phase & Individual Dressage. Uncool I know, but I love it & I'm sure it will be fantastic.

[Snufflebutt]

Applied for : Hockey, Diving, Swimming, Beach Volleyball, Judo, Boxing, Table Tennis, Athletics and Basketball.

Going to do two trips down if I am lucky enough to get them all. Its going to be an awesome event.

I went for CAT C tickets for each of the event. Going to cost a small fortune. How far did you lot stretch ?

I think my chases are low overall

[amy246]

I've applied for mid-competition gymnastics (artistic) and women's hockey as i used to do gymnastics (plus it's one of those sports where you can watch and be all 'wow') and my mum used to play hockey when she was younger. Put myself down for 4 tickets for each but really don't know who will be able/want to come if i do get the tickets.

[Gre]

Mine have come out at £600... Which is a lot of £££... but I do think its value for money considering its very much a once in a life time opportunity.

Edited April 27, 2011 by Gre

[Snufflebutt]

That's basically it- the £947 I mentioned above is for 3 people, and there's next to no chance we'll get them all. Its definitely once in a lifetime for my parents (mum born 1950), and most likely for me. Gotta be done basically!

I reckon there'll be a lot of less-popular tickets unsold, once we know what we've got we'll try and pick up other things to go with the time down there. Also probably some football at Old Trafford once we know the teams.

I just don't agree with those saying that it's too expensive. £20 or £35 is competitive with any old theatre or arena gig these days- and £50 for up in the gods at athletics is very comparable to being at the back of a stadium gig.

Edit; forgot to say what I came to say; We've gone for mostly category D, with some C-D's in there. We shall see!

Failing all that, I'll just get a job at Deloitte or someone and get on the sponsors gravy-train

[Snufflebutt]

Personally think it is unfair for people to get hold of tickets other people would want, stick them on ebay and make a killing. That would be totally unfair... If you end up with an unwanted ticket then why did you apply for it in the first place ? Thats pretty crap on someone else IMO.

Its very fair there will be way of reselling your tickets. There should also be a lot of tickets up for grab which you can buy outside of the ballot so no need to apply for tickets you might not want / need.

[Ed209]

How much have people had taken from their accounts then?

There were some people emailing Bbc breakfast who applied for loads, thinking they might get some, and woke up this morning with £10000 taken from their account!

Hahaha

[Kowalski]

How much have people had taken from their accounts then?

There were some people emailing Bbc breakfast who applied for loads, thinking they might get some, and woke up this morning with £10000 taken from their account!

Hahaha

[Gre]

Nothing for me so far- still almost a month to go though!

I saw that bit on BBC breakfast- the guy had applied for£35,000 of tickets- madness!

They also said that one person had applied for £700 of tickets, and had had £400 taken, and then later £300 taken. Whether that is payment being taken in stages or an error I don't know.

[Snufflebutt]

Nothing for me so far. Does anyone know if the money is expected to come off in one go (if you are successful) or are they doing the ballot in stages (perhaps sport by sport)?

[nightcrawler13]

i've applied for opening ceremonies and swimming the day after

i dont understand why they cant send an email to successful applicants?!

[Gre]

Has anyone heard anything yet? I had an email the other day saying that they should virtually all be done by 1st June.

I'm going to be sad if we didn't even get our random handball session!

[brighteyes]

Has anyone heard anything yet? I had an email the other day saying that they should virtually all be done by 1st June.

I'm going to be sad if we didn't even get our random handball session!

[greenfairy43]

I had an email yesterday saying the tickets are being allocated soon & should be sorted by 24 June. Nothing taken yet though.

[Gre]

Which handball did you go for? I'm really looking forward to it should I get the tickets - for one of the quarter-finals I think!