Channel 4 broadcast a very interesting edition of Dispatches last night, which probed the reality behind the spin spewed forth by Locog about where tickets for the Olympics are really going.
Locog promised that 75% of the tickets would be "affordable and accessible" to
ordinary people. However, not 75% of every kind of seat!
Additionally, for good measure, the programme also noted that those with money can buy access to the special Olympics road lanes (reserved for the "great and good" of the Olympics).
Quote:
"We've spent £9 billion (Editor's note: actually it's £12BN if you include running costs) paying for the London 2012 Olympics.
The
organisers say London 2012 will be an accessible and affordable Games,
leaving a lasting sporting legacy. But 1.8 million British people
applied for tickets in the public ballot - over a million applied for
the 100 metres final alone - and the vast majority were disappointed.
So who got the tickets and for what events?
Antony Barnett investigates in this Dispatches Special."
As I have stated repeatedly, the Olympics are about money not sport!
Watch the programme in full via this link Olympics Tickets for Sale.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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