How To Buy London 2012 Olympic Tickets

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How To Buy London 2012 Olympic Tickets

Tickets for the London 2012 Olympics will go on sale in 2011. Details on how and where they’ll be available will be published nearer the time.

A total of 7.7 million tickets will be available for the Olympic Games and a further 1.5 million for the Paralympic Games.

When tickets for both events go on sale, they will continue to be obtainable – subject to availability – until the start of every event.

Organizers have stressed that Olympic tickets will be priced fairly, and you’ll also get free travel on London’s public transport network – including the Tube (London Underground) and world-famous buses – with your ticket.

In fact, those in charge have actually gone one better by announcing proposals to ‘recycle’ tickets to fill any empty seats at the Games.

This is something that already happens at the Wimbledon tennis championships every summer, where departing spectators hand over their day tickets for re-use.

Olympics minister Tessa Jowell said: "We will have a system like Wimbledon where if people leave before the end then their tickets will go back into a pool to maximise spectator access. London is a city of fun, and there will be lots of fun.

"We will have live sites throughout London and people will be able to come into the (Olympic) park. The park will become a destination, even if you are not inside one of the venues.”

And don’t forget…there will also be some events where you won’t even need Olympic tickets which you can enjoy away from the Olympic Stadium, including the road cycling, triathlon and marathon.

Did you know…

The Olympics in 2012 will not just be in London?

Of course, they’ll be based here and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be in London, but there will be events in many different locations across the country.

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