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London 2012: More Olympic tickets released | London 2012: More Olympic tickets released |
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More tickets for some of the Olympics' most popular events have gone on sale on a first come, first served basis. | |
This batch is made up of 43,000 "contingency tickets", held back until venues and spaces were confirmed. | |
They are for the opening and closing ceremonies and six sports - athletics, swimming, football at Wembley, volleyball, table tennis and boxing. | They are for the opening and closing ceremonies and six sports - athletics, swimming, football at Wembley, volleyball, table tennis and boxing. |
Meanwhile, the BBC's James Pearce has reported a drop in ticket sales, with hundreds of thousands still to be sold. | |
The sale started on Olympics organiser href="http://www.tickets.london2012.com " >Locog's website at 11:00 BST. | |
As with other Olympics tickets, the latest batch can only be bought using a Visa card. Prices for the opening or closing ceremony tickets start at £995. Tickets for the six sports range from £20 to £720, across 96 sessions. | |
Meanwhile, the BBC's Olympics correspondent James Pearce says that there has been a recent slowdown in ticket sales, with 250,000 still available from the last batch put on sale. | |
And Olympics organisers say another 257,000 will be put on sale before the Games. | And Olympics organisers say another 257,000 will be put on sale before the Games. |
In all, some 1.25 million football tickets are still available. | |
Locog says more than eight million tickets have been sold for the Olympics and Paralympics. | Locog says more than eight million tickets have been sold for the Olympics and Paralympics. |
Locog's ticketing system has drawn criticism in the past, with its sales website seemingly unable to cope with the demand for tickets. | Locog's ticketing system has drawn criticism in the past, with its sales website seemingly unable to cope with the demand for tickets. |
In some cases, the system reportedly informed potential buyers they had secured tickets, and then later told them that they had failed. | In some cases, the system reportedly informed potential buyers they had secured tickets, and then later told them that they had failed. |
Will you be buying Olympic tickets today? Let us know how you get on and share your experiences with the BBC by filling in the form below. | Will you be buying Olympic tickets today? Let us know how you get on and share your experiences with the BBC by filling in the form below. |