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

Olympic Stadium - For Fighters or Strugglers.

Fellow blog readers, after quite some time off blogging, I have decided to return with a key feature in the news - besides Mubarek's resignation. The decision over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 London Olympics.


The two teams fighting for the stadium are; West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspurs. 


In my opinion Tottenham deserve the stadium due to the financial aspects. They would be guaranteeing full capacity almost every fortnight allowing income due to ticket prices. It also adds as another stadium for a World Cup to be played in, creating income through advertising and several matches being played there. Lastly, Champions League football will be added to the long list of possible events there. The only downside is Tottenham want to demolish the running track, therefore turning the stadium into a purely football, or rugby, venue.


On the other hand, the stadium could easily be given to West Ham United (the favourites) because they will be maintaining the running track, which will allow the prestigious stadium to be used as a football/rugby/athletics ground. However the financial benefits, in my opinion, are not as great due to the fact West Ham will not be able to offer sell out crowds (60,000) as they, at the moment, seem to be taking a turn down a division to the nPower Championship. Furthermore, they cannot offer Champions League football. The upside is the ground can be used for numerous events and will link a newly regenerated Stratford, to a newly regenerated West Ham United.


These are my opinions, I am curious to hear what you have to say about this dilemma. Post your comments below.