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Olympics tickets

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  1. GORN61
    Member

    Some time ago, before the Olympics chaps were granted permission to use the park for their horses, there was talk of some sort of preferential ticketting for "host borough" residents. I took this mean that we would get first dibs on some limited number of tickets, at reasonable prices, for the events in our borough.
    I have not seen any further mention of this anywhere, and as I understand it general access tickets go on sale in the next few weeks.
    Hvae I missed some announcement of this somewhere, or has it all just been swept under the carpet and forgotten now they have the venue they want?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. darryl
    Member

    I don't think it was ever a realistic possibility.

    To be fair on Greenwich Council, leader Chris Roberts was very keen on free tickets for children in the five boroughs, but this didn't happen (instead there's an allocation across London).

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. GORN61
    Member

    So this deal has been forgotten about, then, and we have to apply in the raffle like everyone else? Sigh.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. rob
    Key Master

    I did ask Jonathan Edwardes about priority tickets for local people late in 2009 and he said:

    "We’re looking at our ticketing policy. Clearly we will take into consideration local residents being able to see events on their doorstep, I don’t think there’s any question about that – balancing that with it being games for the whole of the UK. But looking at Cross Country for example, there’s 75,000 [tickets] across the whole course so there’s a massive opportunity, and in the arena where there will be dressage and show jumping there’s 23,000 so there’s a lot of tickets and a lot of availability."

    Editor, Greenwich.co.uk
    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. GORN61
    Member

    Cheers, Rob. Looks like they've taken it into consideration by putting it into the "too hard" bucket and ignoring it. Splendid.

    Does anyone know whether this stuff in the park is all-seater, and scheduled slots, or if you can wander around the route of whatever it is they do, and prop yourself under a tree with a bottle of beer and a fag to watch it for a while?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. rob
    Key Master

    I think the only seated element will be the stadium part where the dressage and jumping will take place - see this pic for how that will look:
    http://www.greenwich.co.uk/daily-photo/04754-21022011-greenwich-park-in-2012/

    For the cross country section, I think people will just stand along the route. You can see people (sparsely) scattered around the background of the same event from Beijing 2008
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38ISDdAvgAw

    Posted 1 year ago #

  7. GORN61
    Member

    Cheers, Rob. That looks hopeful - a way to actually be able to walk in the park during the Olympics!

    On the "priority ticket booking" for locals, Greenwich COuncil have suggested I contact LOCOG. Anyone here have reliable contact details for them?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  8. GORN61
    Member

    If found an online contact page for LOCOG, and asked my question. After a week, I've had a response, that is very vague, but suggests that they are not honouring this offer. I've not been able to follow up, as they hide behind an email address that doesn't accept replies.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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