2012 Olympics Tickets On Sale

Tickets for the 2012 London Olympics

Stats are out that 8.8 millions tickets are available for the London 2012 Olympics. Prices for these tickets range from £20 to £2,012 and events with so much publicity will be balloted. It is expected that the Olympic committee will make half a billion pounds from ticket sales alone.
Tickets for the London Marathon will be free, as always, and 2.5 million tickets will be priced at £20, others start at £30 to £50. Under 17s will be able to "pay-your-age" to early heats, while over-60s can watch the same events for £16.
6.6 millions tickets are available for the general public via the application process. The other 2.2 million tickets; half will be issued to the National Olympic Committees of each country, and half will be split between sponsers, the IOC, guests and hospitality partners.

Let the 2012 Countdown Begin, or Not!

Clock counting down days until 2012 Olympics

Today, the clock counting down the days until the 2012 London Olympics was unveilved. It started at 500 days until the olympics, and then stopped within hours. The creaters, a Swiss-based Swatch Group, announced that the clock was fully tested beforehand and was fully working, they are now investigating into why the clock suddenly stopped. The clock was restarted, however, on Tuesday evening.

The London Velodrome - The Greatest Ever?

Sir Chris Hoy went to check out the London Olympic Velodrome, which has been completed far ahead of schedule, with fellow riders Victoria Pendleton and Jason Kenny, as well as a team of British spring stars training for 2012 success.

All the athletes have stated that they believe the Velodrome is one of the greatest made and Lord Coe said that it is a "a stunning venue built for champions". Sir Chris is hoping that due to its fabulous condition, if it can remain in top shape, many records can be broken and we may be in luck to see them broken at the 2012 London Olympics.

The London 2012 Velodrome, completed and being used by the British sprint squad.

Having seating wrapped all the way round the track should also help to create a crowd atmosphere during events, it is also hoped.

Building work began on March 2009 and develpoment was handed over to the London 2012 organisers. Sir Chris Hoy is part of this group and as mentioned how he took part in designing the buildings dynamic shape. It took a team of 26 carpenters eight weeks ot install the track and more than 350,000 nails have been used to install its 56km of timber surface.

The VeloPark is expected to be on budget at around £93million and the 6,000-seated velodrome, with its sweeping roof designed to reflect the curve of the track, is the first venue at the Olympic Park to be complete.

What are your thoughts on the Velodrome? Is it good news to see the Velodrome being made in such quick time? Leave a comment below with your thoughts