London Olympic Games schedule is released

The official schedule of the London Olympics has been released and makes most interesting reading, moving anticipation up a notch, and as Sebastian Coe observed, "This is a really big moment, a huge moment. In my own experience as a competitor this is the point that it suddenly becomes very real."

Olympic Schedule:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/15_02_11_olympic_full_schedule.pdf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/london_2012/9397378.stm

Thanks for that! Need to start giving serious consideration to which sports and/or events I'm going to apply to...

You're very welcome Chelsea man!

2012 Olympics countdown is on Friday, 27 July 2012
527 days, 7 hours remain till 2012 Olympics
Country: United Kingdom
City: London
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The Olympic Games competition schedule
<http://www.tickets.london2012.com/about_tickets.html#prices
Ticket prices and competition schedule
<http://www.tickets.london2012.com/olyschedule_p1.html

They have also released the ticket prices for the 100m final on august 5th. I cant recall the exact figure, but it was something ludicrous

oops sorry someone has already stated that

5 Aug 18:50–21:55
100m: semi-finals, final
rage from £725, £420 £295, £125, £50 –

Yeah, i think it was the £725 figure that I heard. There is no way I am going for that price, when i can watch from cool camera angles on my TV

Legend wrote:Yeah, i think it was the £725 figure that I heard. There is no way I am going for that price, when i can watch from cool camera angles on my TV

same here and only for 9.87 seconds 8)

sharky066 wrote:same here and only for 9.87 seconds 8)

Good point I hadnt even thought of how short it was!

and thats if you get a ticket
I think most of them tickets will end up on the blackmarket for away more

I bet loads of the tickets have already gone now anyway!

I don't think any of the tickets are gone yet but March the 15th the tickets will go on the blackmarket

Oh, I thought that thing today was about them going on sale? obviously not!

I got an email I think they come out on sale on the 15th of March
but unless you ar sitting with your laptop on that day they will go fast
the main tickets will

Legend wrote:Yeah, i think it was the £725 figure that I heard. There is no way I am going for that price, when i can watch from cool camera angles on my TV

Well, you could buy the £50 ticket then....

sharky066 wrote:I got an email I think they come out on sale on the 15th of March
but unless you ar sitting with your laptop on that day they will go fast
the main tickets will

It doesn't make any difference whether you buy them on the 15 March or the last day they are on sale. You will have the same chance of getting them.

Im-no-athlete wrote:It doesn't make any difference whether you buy them on the 15 March or the last day they are on sale. You will have the same chance of getting them.

Surely it would be first come first serve?

Legend wrote:

Im-no-athlete wrote:It doesn't make any difference whether you buy them on the 15 March or the last day they are on sale. You will have the same chance of getting them.

Surely it would be first come first serve?

No it isn't. If tickets are oversubscribed they go into a draw. It will make no difference to when you applied for them.

I was reading a thread on AW (yes, I only just realised that their MB had reopened!), and I was surprised to see how many British athletics fans are saying that they won't be going to the London Olympics, and that the price is a deterrent....

Hey, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, guys!

PS Now that AW has been reopened, what am I doing here?

Seeya, guys....

Enjoy the 606 animosity and hatred that seems to about to be imported here....

shivfan wrote:
PS Now that AW has been reopened, what am I doing here?

Seeya, guys....

Enjoy the 606 animosity and hatred that seems to about to be imported here....

Bye. Strange how it followed you shiv....

Right ho, have just drawn up a list of events and sessions I fancy going to, and it looks like a week long stay in London (luckily I have family there) and 15 sessions of Olympic action hopefully! Will set me back a little money wise but it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity so let's go for it!

Yeah you're right actually, I was saying how there was no way i would go for those prices, but I suppose I wont get this opportunity ever again.

I'm gonna go for it

Personally, I was thinking of exactly the same things when the ticket prices were released ahead of the Olympic Games here in Athens back in 2004. In the end, I attended four afternoon and two morning sessions, apart from cycling and other action. I can tell you it was a unique experience and haven't rued a single Euro I spent - it was all well-invested and those memories will stay with me forever!

I actually went to a few sessions in the Sydney Olympics as I was traveling Australia that summer, and it was fantastic. Really looking forward to London

According to a latest survey, Brits are prepared to take considerable inroads into their finances to snap up tickets for the Olympics showpiece in London next summer:

http://insidethegames.biz/summer-olympics/2012/12171-aisle-be-there-one-in-ten-men-will-raid-wedding-savings-to-snap-up-london-2012-tickets