MrTall
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Too many people take the attitude "It's only a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I might as well buy the tickets... on credit card"
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Have you applied for any olympic tickets....
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Posted 1 year ago #
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hmm so a lottery that you hope you don't win. Kerazee.
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I think that all those expecting a cycling whitewash will be rather disappointed. We've just gone for a few events over the 2 weeks, and will see what happens.
There'll be more opportunities to buy tickets over the next year anyway.Posted 1 year ago # -
I never seem to find real life events disappointing (free or not).
Still, I am sure it will all be a waste of money once the oldtimers kicks in and I forget all the things I have done.
Damn this annoying 'pint half full' attitude .
Posted 1 year ago # -
I saw the MTB world championships for free in America and enjoyed it. Actualy paying to watch in Essex will be cheaper!
I've not been to a velodrome but I've never met anyone who has who wasn't blown away by it.......
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[quote]Olympic Games have never been awarded to a country and always to cities
Why are people still wingeing about London putting in a bid ane winning?[/quote
Well, the rest of us are paying for it, if not in direct taxes then in lack of investment locally and lack of available lottery funding for other projects.
In fact my point was that I was happy to give my time and skills to the event in the understanding that I probably would not see much but got asked to pay more than I could afford for the privilege of working for free.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Velodrome to see VP & Sir CH.
1 athletics finals & 1 early session. Hope to see Usain Bolt in 200m heats.
Beach volleyball & basketball early stages.
Free one's like marathons and cycling road race.Posted 1 year ago # -
Put in for Cheapest seats for MTB for me missus and the nipper, and a single ticket (Cheapest again) for BMX finals...
Figured there's no point setting myself up to spend hundreds, if I get the cheap seats great, but I expect the TV coverage will be pretty good so I'm not too worried if I don't get them...
Posted 1 year ago # -
Anybody heard if they got some tickets?
Got nowt
Posted 12 months ago # -
Brad Wiggins couldn't get any for his family either, they'll be watching him on the TV at home or so it seems.
Posted 12 months ago # -
That's strange ,you would think there would be room . Been to a few world champs and they have never been packed out.
I will still be going down anyway and see what I can get between now and then.
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Why are people still wingeing about London putting in a bid ane winning?
It was sold as being of benefit to the whole country, which is clearly bollocks - yet we all pay for it. If anywhere in the country needs financial stimulus it's not London. The promised benefits to poor east end communities also seem to be vanishing by the day.
It's costing an extraordinary amount of money: initial estimates were a couple of billion, it went up to 9 billion, now god knows - in a country that is apparently totally skint.
We apparently have to cut back on basic services for the elderly and disabled, but we can afford to put on overblown sports events (and fire million pound missiles at Ghaddafi). Yay!
Tickets are ludicrously expensive, but it's ok because the stadiums will be full of corporate sponsors on a jolly.
[Yeah I'm a grumpy cynic]
BMX would be the only thing I'd quite like to see.
Posted 12 months ago #
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