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London 2012 Olympics schedule and ticket prices released
If you're thinking of going to the London 2012 Olympics, now is the time to start planning.The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games has just released the competition schedule and ticket prices. The race is on for tickets, hotel reservations, and flights. Personally I'm avoiding the whole thing. London's transport system is chaotic at the best of times, and an influx of hordes of sports fans isn't going to do it any good. My family and I spend every summer in Oxford but we're headed elsewhere in 2012. Being only an hour from London, rental prices in Oxford are sure to hit the stratosphere.
While the Olympics will be a royal pain in the ass for the English, it promises to be a memorable event for everyone else. The organizers boast there will be "19 days of sporting competition. . .over 640 sessions, across more than 300 events, 39 disciplines, and 26 sports." If you love seeing the best athletes in the world competing live, this is the place to be.
For those of you planning to brave London in 2012, tickets go on sale March 15 and are sure to be snapped up quickly. You can register on the site to make purchasing quicker once tickets do go on sale. This is especially important if you're outside the UK and Europe because you'll have to apply for tickets via your local National Olympic Committee (NOC) starting March 15. For the Paralympics you need to get tickets from your National Paralympic Committee (NPC) starting September 9. Some NOCs and NPCs may appoint an Authorised Ticket Reseller (ATR) to sell tickets. If you register with the site via the above link, they'll send you information about how to get tickets from an acronym near you.
And don't forget to reserve a hotel or flat early, early, early. You might want to consider staying outside of London to avoid the crowds. Oxford, St. Albans, and Hertford are three pleasant towns all about an hour away by rail or bus and all have local attractions worth seeing.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Luke Robinson Feb 15th 2011 8:54AM
Er - a minor correction - there may well be a rush for tickets when they go onsale, but they will not be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. They will be allocated via lottery a bit further down the line, so you might as well wait a couple of weeks when I'm sure it will be easier to get onto the ticketing website.
Sean McLachlan Feb 15th 2011 8:59AM
Yes, but registering now means you don't have to deal with it when the bandwidth gets clogged up on March 15, plus you'll be on the list to hear about ticketing news and special offers. So it's a good idea to register now.