U.K. and Ireland - Olympic Tix Available

Hi,

I realise this will be probably be moved, but I thought this might be appropriate as there are a lot of UK based pax here.

Olympic tix now available, first come, first served, include:

Opening Ceremony - £2k each
Closing Ceremony - £1k each

Other tix available at http://www.tickets.london2012.com/

Hope this helps someone.

Cheers,
Karen

Bargain!

Speaking of the opening ceremony, flying out of LCY the other night, I noticed the stadium had a huge aerial photo of London laid out across it (with a model of the stadium in the correct place). It was a bit like watching a recursive version of the opening titles of EastEnders. Perhaps the 'green and pleasant land' countryside scene isn't all we'll be seeing...

Bargain!

Speaking of the opening ceremony, flying out of LCY the other night, I noticed the stadium had a huge aerial photo of London laid out across it (with a model of the stadium in the correct place). It was a bit like watching a recursive version of the opening titles of EastEnders. Perhaps the 'green and pleasant land' countryside scene isn't all we'll be seeing...

One of my friends is in the opening and closing ceremonies as a dancer, and she has to go to the stadium to practice some of the bigger bits. Think it was down for that, as she was down there on Friday.

One of my friends is in the opening and closing ceremonies as a dancer, and she has to go to the stadium to practice some of the bigger bits. Think it was down for that, as she was down there on Friday.
That seems to tie up - my flight was on Friday evening. Plus I was in the park earlier on in the day for work, and did see a few extra signs up for 'Ceremonies' people to follow.

I am going to the opening ceremony.

Didn't have to pay £2k fortunately!

I am going to the opening ceremony.

Didn't have to pay £2k fortunately!

^ Lucky, must be amazing.
In the paper they had some photos (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9351844/Aerial-pictures-reveal-Danny-Boyles-Olympic-set.html) (ALL sort of things in giant size). I wonder if BA is going to have something there, the concorde replica would be an obvious one or the lounge bacon roll :)

Tickets are being drip fed back into the system as overseas countries return them. I know someone who got an Opening Ceremony for £150 last week.

There are also still loads of tickets available via some of the European country ticketing websites, and not all still insist on you booking a hotel as well.

^ Lucky, must be amazing.
In the paper they had some photos (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9351844/Aerial-pictures-reveal-Danny-Boyles-Olympic-set.html) (ALL sort of things in giant size). I wonder if BA is going to have something there, the concorde replica would be an obvious one or the lounge bacon roll :)

I think it's a real shame the paper published those pics. Why can't people just be surprised anymore and have to know everything in advance? :mad:

Hi,

I realise this will be probably be moved, but I thought this might be appropriate as there are a lot of UK based pax here.

Olympic tix now available, first come, first served, include:

Opening Ceremony - £2k each
Closing Ceremony - £1k each

Other tix available at http://www.tickets.london2012.com/

Hope this helps someone.

Cheers,
Karen

The people's games :(

The people's games :(

Someone's gotta pay for all that construction :D

Someone's gotta pay for all that construction :DThat would be me, my fellow London council taxpayers and my fellow UK taxpayers. ;) (OK, Jimmy, not you.)

And there's a better deal: watch on TV and pay £0 for the privilege. And an even better deal: don't bother.

Opening Ceremony tix have gone by the way, although Closing is left at £995.

It's not all so bad. For eg,

Thursday
09 August 2012
09:00-15:55 Athletics Men's Decathlon 110m Hurdles
Women's High Jump Qualifying Round - Groups A & B
Men's Decathlon Discus Throw - Group A
Men's Decathlon Discus Throw - Group B
Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1
Men's Decathlon Pole Vault - Groups A & B

Session Code: AT012

This session is still available at £150. And that is for Cat A tickets, which are the best available apart from the very rare Cat AA's. Not the most exciting events but you get to see the stadium and enjoy the atmosphere.

Opening Ceremony tix have gone by the way, although Closing is left at £995.

It's not all so bad. For eg,

Thursday
09 August 2012
09:00-15:55 Athletics Men's Decathlon 110m Hurdles
Women's High Jump Qualifying Round - Groups A & B
Men's Decathlon Discus Throw - Group A
Men's Decathlon Discus Throw - Group B
Men's 4 x 400m Relay Round 1
Men's Decathlon Pole Vault - Groups A & B

Session Code: AT012

This session is still available at £150. And that is for Cat A tickets, which are the best available apart from the very rare Cat AA's. Not the most exciting events but you get to see the stadium and enjoy the atmosphere.

Already gone!. They go so quick now as these are I believe resales coming back into the system.

Still, got my tickets for the first session of the heptathlon, and for the final session and victory ceremony of it, hopefully with Jess Ennis on the top step. Come on Jess!. Plus the obligatory beach volleyball tickets (men should be banned from playing that!) :D

I got the mens heavyweight wrestling final and the women's heavyweight weightlifting finals at London Excel.

I didn't pay silly money for tickets though, I got the £20 ones :)

I think it's a real shame the paper published those pics. Why can't people just be surprised anymore and have to know everything in advance? :mad:

Information society and curiosity, hate when somebody tells me the ending of a movie. "Really why are you telling me that the ship is going to sink in the end"

I got the mens heavyweight wrestling final and the women's heavyweight weightlifting finals at London Excel.


They're going to be the same people participating aren't they?:p

Anything left for Men's Swimming or Diving? ;)

Still plenty of tickets available for the football up here Nr of the border, too many infact. £20+, although available for as little as £10 through other channels.

I am going to the opening ceremony.

Didn't have to pay £2k fortunately!

Lucky! I applied as it's my wife's birthday that day, but was unsuccessful. I can't afford £2k a pop to take her and the kids though...

I think it's a real shame the paper published those pics. Why can't people just be surprised anymore and have to know everything in advance? :mad:

The thinking is a controlled official revealing of parts of the ceremony will mean it is les likely that something would leak out.

Danny Boyle has already stated that there will be some surprises too.

I also have a fiend who is in the ceremony and whilst he has not said in detail what he is doing (due to the confidentialty agreement) he did say that his segment definitly was not on the 'green and pleasant' land setting

Some other pics from the BBC here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-18446614

Lucky! I applied as it's my wife's birthday that day, but was unsuccessful.

Mine too! Thought it would be a memorable birthday treat, so I applied for the middling price tickets. Also unsuccessful. But I have consoled myself with a trip to LAS instead for a week courtesy of the ex EU sale:D

Tickets are being drip fed back into the system as overseas countries return them. I know someone who got an Opening Ceremony for £150 last week.

There are also still loads of tickets available via some of the European country ticketing websites, and not all still insist on you booking a hotel as well.

Sadly as an American I'm stuck with co-sport who hasn't had anything under a cat B ticket..Still hopefully that I'll pick up tennis or maybe even a random Athletics ticket as we get closer to the games.
Cheers
Howie

I would be interested in tickets 8/6-8/9 if anyone has tickets they aren't going to use. There is just so little available here in the US.

Better mention a couple of things here.

First, buying, selling and trading is not permitted on this board (outside of Coupon Connection).

Second, Olympics tickets carry a name, and you can be certain they'll be strict about checking ID on the gates. The only way to trade them is via the official resale site.

By all means, do keep recommending places to legally get hold of tickets, though!

stut
Moderator
UK & Ireland

Better mention a couple of things here.

First, buying, selling and trading is not permitted on this board (outside of Coupon Connection).

Second, Olympics tickets carry a name, and you can be certain they'll be strict about checking ID on the gates. The only way to trade them is via the official resale site.

By all means, do keep recommending places to legally get hold of tickets, though!

stut
Moderator
UK & Ireland

I thought they were going to allow "friends" and family to use the tickets? As stated here "Our ticketing policy states that tickets are non-transferable. However, providing you as the lead booker are contactable on the day in case of query, a member of your family or a friend may use tickets you can no longer use."

Interesting... I'd still be wary of anything resold down this route unless you know the person reasonably well.

Either way, this is not the place to buy and sell, I'm afraid.

Interesting... I'd still be wary of anything resold down this route unless you know the person reasonably well.

Either way, this is not the place to buy and sell, I'm afraid.

Sorry didn't mean to sound like I was challenging you just wanted to clarify the policy.
Cheers
Howie

And not taken that way!

Huge numbers of tickets available on the French site, eventeam.fr, although you must give an EU address for delivery. Make sure you click on the special offers tab as the main Billeteries tab only shows top cat tickets. Most are sold at face value.

Live in the US but am very frustrated with CoSport. We have tickets for a couple of events but wanted tickets to the Orbit and Opening.

CoSport doesn't even carry tickets for the Orbit. Have been looking at Ebay for Opening tickets and, in the US, tickets are insane. In Europe there appear to be more reasonable prices but no way to order.

Agreed. The london 2012 site and multiple other european "official" sites have lots of tickets. Am hoping that they transfer them to Cosport eventually if they can't sell them.

Agreed. The london 2012 site and multiple other european "official" sites have lots of tickets. Am hoping that they transfer them to Cosport eventually if they can't sell them.

The problem is that a lot of the London site stuff are resales that I doubt will filter down through. Also it seems the really good stuff that comes back goes very quickly has anyone heard anything about a central box office or anything opening in London during the games?
Cheers
Howie

I did see somewhere on the london2012 site that they would have a way to buy tickets onsite, but it didn't have any details yet.

Yes, LOCOG is planning on having ticket booths set up around town selling tickets. The are loading a few new tickets onto their site daily, it pays to check often.
For those with access to Twitter, @volshy has the best information. It does appear as though CoSport USA will likely not obtain any more tickets, outside of football.
Be very wary of purchasing tickets from other than official outlets. Visa has already flexed it's muscle with some US ticket brokers.

Although Cosport has some new tickets today. Nothing that works for my timing, but at least it looks like there is a chance. I guess that means I will have to start checking multiple times a day.

Just wish CoSport had received some of the Orbit tickets. Sounds like an interesting thing to do.

Also planning on taking the cable car across the Thames.

Looking for Opening tickets but I have seen nothing (at least reasonably priced) on E-bay or other sites.

Looking for Opening tickets but I have seen nothing (at least reasonably priced) on E-bay or other sites.

You won't. It's illegal to sell through anything other than the licensed resellers. Ebay won't list them, and the ticket would be cancelled too, so even if you bought it, it would not be valid.

Bunch of Tennis tickets up now on the London site sad that I can't grab them..

Plenty of tennis on the French site as well if the London ones go

Plenty of tennis on the French site as well if the London ones go

Nothing on the US site though bleh..

Bunch of Tennis tickets up now on the London site sad that I can't grab them..

Thanks for the heads up. Just got one for the prelims :D

VERY glad I can get UK tix...!! ;)

There were some opening / closing ceremony tickets for £20.12 this morning. Just missed them.

There were some opening / closing ceremony tickets for £20.12 this morning. Just missed them.

What more can I say, Co-Sport is the pits.

Actually, I take that back, Co-Sport does have opening tickets available. But in a package:
2 nights at the Copthorne Tara hotel
2 Cat B tickets to Opening

All for the low, low price of $10,958.

Of course the Copthorne Tara hotel does have rooms available for those nights for less than $400 USD per night, so you are only paying over $5,000 per Cat B ticket
.
Or, if you want to upgrade to a Cat A ticket, the price goes up to $16,935.

What a deal.

I happen to be in London during the Olympics. As I rather not deal with the pitiful selection/prices at Co-Sport (I live in Canada), can I assume that there will be *some* tickets available for purchase directly from the box office at the venues? I'm not really picky in terms of which events to go to, going to be there more for the experience.

I happen to be in London during the Olympics. As I rather not deal with the pitiful selection/prices at Co-Sport (I live in Canada), can I assume that there will be *some* tickets available for purchase directly from the box office at the venues? I'm not really picky in terms of which events to go to, going to be there more for the experience.

Probably something, it depends how late the overseas authorities return their tickets. However, you may be happier with a £20 ground ticket which gets you into the park but not the events. Anything cheap (ie sub £100 per ticket) which goes back onto the UK website seems to go fairly quickly. Remember also that a lot of events are not in the Olympic Park and so less worth bothering with for the 'experience' - I'd certainly avoid the Excel and Earls Court conference centres, whatever is on, since they are atmosphere-free zones at the best of times.

can I assume that there will be *some* tickets available for purchase directly from the box office at the venues?
There is stated intention of setting up booths around London to sell off the remaining tickets. What tickets they will have on offer, for what price, and where they will be located remains to be seen.

Interesting to see that all tickets come with an all-day Zone 1 to 9 travelcard. These cost £19.60 normally, so if you buy a £20 event ticket and travel in from Zone 9 then you effectively only pay 40p!

Interesting to see that all tickets come with an all-day Zone 1 to 9 travelcard. These cost £19.60 normally, so if you buy a £20 event ticket and travel in from Zone 9 then you effectively only pay 40p!

You can even use the 'Javelin' HS1 train from St Pancras to Stratford International - which isn't included in any Travelcard, and would normally cost £5.70 each way.

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More tickets go on sale on the LOCOG site everyday, Today, about 20 Opening Ceremony tickets were available(D level). This is your best hope if still looking for tickets.
I have seen where the tickets booths will not be set up, all sales through Ticketmaster.

There is stated intention of setting up booths around London to sell off the remaining tickets. What tickets they will have on offer, for what price, and where they will be located remains to be seen.

There is one apparently open at Stratford now. I've managed to get some more tickets yesterday and they won't post them out, you either collect early from here or on the day at the venue. Lucky Stratford is on the tube for me.

There is one apparently open at Stratford now. I've managed to get some more tickets yesterday and they won't post them out, you either collect early from here or on the day at the venue. Lucky Stratford is on the tube for me.

Are they selling tickets at Stratford or just collection?

Are they selling tickets at Stratford or just collection?

I went to pick some tickets up on Wednesday and the Box Office there was just for collection only - they wouldn't even check availability for tickets

I went to pick some tickets up on Wednesday and the Box Office there was just for collection only - they wouldn't even check availability for tickets

That makes sense in one way. Unless they have a collection only booth, I hate getting stuck behind people asking questions, uming and arhing of the selection left.

It would make sense to have a booth for usold tickets, but I don't think there will be many until on the day. There isn't that much left on the website, what comes in is in dribs and drabs and I check it 3 times a day at least at the moment to see what returns their are.

Just back from collecting my extra tickets.

Took about 30 to 40 mins queing to get to the box office, only a couple of windows were shut either side.

A lot of people, tourists possibly by the accents, were asking at the start of the queue if they can buy tickets here. No was the answer.

When I got mine I asked if anything else was available and was told very little for the Olympics, but more for the Paralympics.

Very buzzing atmosphere at StratField! Especially with that long forgotten item - the sun! All the outside dining venues were doing a roaring trade and lots of people wearing Olympic id tags about. Roll on the Games!!

Tickets continue to be released on LOCOG every day,. With the problems CoSport is facing, it's unlikely they'll be offering many more tickets to their US customers. The European buyers of CoSport tickets are facing 3-4 hour lines to pick up their tickets today.

Tickets continue to be released on LOCOG every day,. With the problems CoSport is facing, it's unlikely they'll be offering many more tickets to their US customers. The European buyers of CoSport tickets are facing 3-4 hour lines to pick up their tickets today.

Glad mine came in the MAIL! :D

Tickets continue to be released on LOCOG every day,. With the problems CoSport is facing, it's unlikely they'll be offering many more tickets to their US customers. The European buyers of CoSport tickets are facing 3-4 hour lines to pick up their tickets today.

They pulled their site to sell tickets it seems..

:td:Tickets continue to be released on LOCOG every day,. With the problems CoSport is facing, it's unlikely they'll be offering many more tickets to their US customers. The European buyers of CoSport tickets are facing 3-4 hour lines to pick up their tickets today.

Spent over 6 hours trying to pick up some tickets today from CoSport today - in the end they still couldn't find one of the tickets - a lot of others had a similar waits :mad::td:

:td:

Spent over 6 hours trying to pick up some tickets today from CoSport today - in the end they still couldn't find one of the tickets - a lot of others had a similar waits :mad::td:

OMG! You mean they had them pre-printed and had to go find them all? :eek: No wonder it took ages and some got lost!

With the ones I got from the UK website and collected at Stratford Gate, you just gave your photo id and they printed them out new tickets. They aren't as nice as the the "proper" tickets that came with the balloted ticket application.

Folks, can I remind you that buying and selling are not permitted on this forum, and that I would recommend acquainting yourself with the rules around ticket resale if you're considering going down the non-official route.

Many thanks.

stut
Moderator
UK & Ireland

There is a story in The Times today confirming the disaster which is the CoSport ticket allocation office!

Cosport are also under investigation (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18831826) for selling sponsors' tickets at more than face value, contrary to IOC rules.

All the CoSport complaints are not new and can be read here (http://tdn.com/news/article_de4f9d26-8c4b-51f2-ad8c-54a1797db466.html) from a thread about the previous 5-ring circus. (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/canada/898669-vancouver-2010-olympic-tickets-10.html) CoSPort reportedly paid $20m to the USOC to sell U.S. tickets for this circus.

This COsport thing has me worried... They didn't mail my tickets for Gymnastics with the others so I have to go to the willcall which they have said there will be a dedicated line to serve us... I hope this is true, no way do I want to wait 6 hours to get tickets that should have been mailed to me.

Slew of tickets on LOOCG right now for scattered events including some low cat's...Wish I could buy but stupid cosport.
Cheers
Howie

Thanks for the heads up
Alas, after half an hour of carting tickets and trying to buy them in a range of sports... Nothing.

Earlier today I was able to select 2 x opening ceremony tickets at the magic £20.12 price. ^
Carted them ^^
Then went thought the wait screen :cool:
Then there came the message to say that they'd been reserved and I was one click away from buying them.... Except.... Despite having selected cat D tickets and confirmed I wanted Cat D tickets, what I was actually invited to pay for were two "full price" tickets at over £4,000 :eek::eek::eek:
Talk about bait and switch :td::td::td:
In the excitement I'd so nearly pressed 'YES'

Anyway, the other day I did snag 2 OAP price £16 tickets a £2 child ticket for the standard women's volleyball (I'll be at work). My mother used to play for her region in Spain in her youth and they'll be cheering for Japan (my daughter is Japanese). Tickets would have been £30 each, so three for £34 is pretty good.

Paralympic prices for OAPs are a steal, lots and lots of events at £5 a pop.
We're also going to see a para equestrian event in the grounds of the Maritime Museum in Greenwich one Friday. The £10 adult ticket includes the 9 zone travel card making it very attractive. You also get a third off river transport.
Our deluxe day out means involves taking my daughter, her playmate, my +60 parents and myself. We'll get the Northern Line to Waterloo, catch the 7:08am express river bus to Greenwich (25 minutes), see the horses and riders compete, have a picnic, go to the museum (children's wing) then see the Cutty Sark, get the river bus to London and hop on the tube. Back to Camden by 4pm.
Total cost for the 5 of us including boat journeys, £50. Not bad.

If you collect your tickets at a ticket box office (UK ticket allocation for collection), do you get your Games Travelcard at the same time?

Also, any idea what the nearest box office to Heathrow would be? I don't have any tickets booked for the day I arrive, but it would be useful to pick up the tickets for the next day and later on the first day and save myself the lines later.

If you collect your tickets at a ticket box office (UK ticket allocation for collection), do you get your Games Travelcard at the same time?

Also, any idea what the nearest box office to Heathrow would be? I don't have any tickets booked for the day I arrive, but it would be useful to pick up the tickets for the next day and later on the first day and save myself the lines later.

Yes, the tix I collected at Stratfield came with the usual 9 Zone day travelcard. Not sure where the other booths are.

If you collect your tickets at a ticket box office (UK ticket allocation for collection), do you get your Games Travelcard at the same time?

Also, any idea what the nearest box office to Heathrow would be? I don't have any tickets booked for the day I arrive, but it would be useful to pick up the tickets for the next day and later on the first day and save myself the lines later.

Here's the list of box offices
http://www.tickets.london2012.com/boxofficelocation.html
Still hoping to pick up some Tennis tickets..
Cheers
Howie

If you collect your tickets at a ticket box office (UK ticket allocation for collection), do you get your Games Travelcard at the same time?You probably know this already, but the Travelcard is a one-day one, valid for the day of your Games tickets only.

Something odd going on with the system right now. Anyone else having difficulty seeing what's available?

Something odd going on with the system right now. Anyone else having difficulty seeing what's available?

A colleague and I were looking and did not seem to have any problems!

Hi,

I realise this will be probably be moved, but I thought this might be appropriate as there are a lot of UK based pax here.

Olympic tix now available, first come, first served, include:

Opening Ceremony - £2k each
Closing Ceremony - £1k each

Other tix available at http://www.tickets.london2012.com/

Hope this helps someone.

Cheers,
Karen

UK television licence - £145 each, considerably less if householder is aged >75.

Available at http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/ Why pay more?

Trying to find some football tixs for Wembley below £40...need two.

Proving hard :(

UK television licence - £145 each, considerably less if householder is aged >75.

Available at http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/ Why pay more?

Are you kidding? I saw the opening ceremony rehearsal on Wednesday, and it'll be far better in person than on TV. It's quite a spectacle, but I still can't justify £1600 for a ticket.

I noticed some reasonable air fares to London, reasonable hotel rates, and thought why not be stupid and jump on a plane with my wife and head to the Olympics?

Trouble is, I'm in the US, and there seems to be no way to get tickets. Lots of tickets available for Euro folk, but nothing in the US. If it was just me, I'd take my chances and figure there's some way to buy tickets on-site regardless of nationality, but that wouldn't fly with my wife.

Time is short; I'd have to leave in just a few days. Which of course is what makes it fun!

Amazing how you simply cannot find the info I need on the 'net. Did all sorts of google searches and nothing useful. And no, cosport, the official provider for tickets outside of the UK, shows nothing available.

Thanks!

I was confused when I read the title, "What does being a U.S. citizen have to do with the ability to purchase Olympic tickets?"
After reading it, I realised the issue is that you are in the U.S. Anyone in the U.S., whether U.S. citizen or not, would have the same issues. You could be a British citizen living in Japan and still face the same problem you do.

This (http://www.tickets.london2012.com/howtobuy.html) does not work?

You shouldn't have a problem getting tickets, but just keep in mind that there are a lot of fake tickets out there. If you are just looking for an "Olympic" experience and don't need to see Phelps swim, or USA basketball then you likely would have better chances.

I was confused when I read the title, "What does being a U.S. citizen have to do with the ability to purchase Olympic tickets?"
After reading it, I realised the issue is that you are in the U.S. Anyone in the U.S., whether U.S. citizen or not, would have the same issues. You could be a British citizen living in Japan and still face the same problem you do.

This (http://www.tickets.london2012.com/howtobuy.html) does not work?Not quite right; anyone in the US who is a Euro citizen can buy tickets on-line through the relevant Euro country website. A US citizen cannot; tickets must be purchased through the US-authorized website, which is cosport.com. Cosport.com stopped selling individual tickets some time ago, and high-priced "hospitality" packages shortly thereafter.

So... being a US citizen has everything to do with my not being able to buy tickets ahead of time, and the British citizen living in Japan that you hypothesized? No issue at all. He/she can buy them on-line.

Thus my quandry. Is there a legit ticket-buying avenue available to me?
You shouldn't have a problem getting tickets, but just keep in mind that there are a lot of fake tickets out there. If you are just looking for an "Olympic" experience and don't need to see Phelps swim, or USA basketball then you likely would have better chances.If it were just me, I'd wing it. There are a number of events I'd be interested in, that don't require tickets. Cycling (road & time trial, but road will be over before I'd get there), rowing, and maybe a few others. And I suspect I'd be able to buy tickets there. But that wouldn't fly for my wife. She's not that interested in cycling or rowing; more the traditional "female interest" Olympic sports. Swimming, diving, gymnastics.
Thanks-

had a business associate who bought one of those packages. the one thing i recall him getting was ice dancing. i would presume one can distinguish real from fake if one has them in hand. i would presume they can be purchased on site. i have purchased very valuable tickets on site at discount, starting with a bruins stanley cup game, and a met opera opening. last minute prices are most favorable. i'll bet you could get ice dancing or ping pong or women's hand air gun for next to nothing. i watched the women columbia-usa soccer game on the telley. the stadium was less than half full.

Looking as a Brit earlier I could find diving but not swimming or gymnastics. Martial arts were fairly widely available, and closing ceremony of you are prepared to pay! Have you got a Brit friend who could purchase them for you?

So I see an opportunity to get to London and start to investigate where I can get tickets. Create an account on Cosport, but no individual tickets to be had that I can find on the site. For someone who decides at the last minute that they want to buy tickets, where do you go to make a purchase? Are there outlets in London/UK where a non-UK resident can buy an available ticket? Or do I have to purchase through the Cosport site, even if I am sitting at the Hilton Metropole in London?

I was looking into this also as my daughter is in london on school business. It looks like you have to buy on a website and not at the box office. you can pick up after you have purchased. go to www.cosport.com. I got this address from the olympic site www.tickets.london2012.com
Use your visa creditcard and you can protect yourself from fraud. But I'm sure this is a good site.

In theory, individual tickets are still available on cosport (From their "Timeline": "Individual Tickets Sales On-Going Tickets still available. Check the website to view the current available inventory"), with the cosport will call disaster, who knows if/when we'll see them return:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=us&tbm=nws&q=cosport
https://twitter.com/#!/search/cosport

In the meantime, earlier tonight:
http://www.tickets.london2012.com/
had a (relative) ton of tickets available for a variety of events (in a range of price categories), including the M's basketball final, closing ceremony, etc.

Official transfer terms are here (sec 17):
http://www.tickets.london2012.com/purchaseterms.html
but I don't know what will really happen if you have a british friend buy and collect a single-ticket order for you, for instance....

Frustrating, to say the least!

Box offices were open in the park yesterday for 'recycled' tickets - people leaving sessions early had their tickets scanned and cancelled, and those seats immediately became available.

It wasn't immediately obvious what the queues were for:there was no signage, and just some harried Ticketmaster staff and puzzled volunteers to try to explain things. But a friend who was at the first session of the women's basketball reported queuing "not long" to get courtside seats for the second match of the second session (USA v Croatia) for £5.

When I saw the box offices outside the Basketball Arena and the Copper Box for the handball around 5pm, there were queues of around 20-30 people. I suspect a good strategy might be turning up towards the end of the first game in a session. Provided you're already in the park, of course.

Citizenship has absolutely nothing to do with Olympic ticketing. Residency does, but that is also irrelevant now that almost all new purchases are being set up for collection/will call.

If you have a VISA card and an address in the UK (not necessarily the billing address - a hotel is fine), you can purchase tickets on the main www.tickets.london2012.com website for collection at a box office.

I am an Indian citizen, living in Ghana, using a US bank VISA card, with a Canadian billing address, and used the above site to purchase my tickets using a friend's address in London. No issues whatsoever.

I am an Indian citizen, living in Ghana, using a US bank VISA card, with a Canadian billing address, and used the above site to purchase my tickets using a friend's address in London.

That's the worst cover story EVER! You clearly don't want us to know but who are you really, Mr Bond? :D

Not quite right; anyone in the US who is a Euro citizen can buy tickets on-line through the relevant Euro country website. A US citizen cannot; tickets must be purchased through the US-authorized website, which is cosport.com. Cosport.com stopped selling individual tickets some time ago, and high-priced "hospitality" packages shortly thereafter.

So... being a US citizen has everything to do with my not being able to buy tickets ahead of time, and the British citizen living in Japan that you hypothesized? No issue at all. He/she can buy them on-line.

Thanks-

No. It's not your citizenship. It's where you are, i.e. where you to live.
In your case your citizenship happens to be be where you live.

Wow... they are appalled at the number of empty seats and make it nearly impossible for people to buy a ticket for an event when they are right there. Sounds like they reverted to an airline computer system of the 70s, where "group" inventory was parceled out and no central inventory exists for someone at a ticket window to access.

I guess I would have to investigate which events/venues have the likelihood of people departing mid-event. Sounds like too much work for the casual fan.

Box offices were open in the park yesterday for 'recycled' tickets - people leaving sessions early had their tickets scanned and cancelled, and those seats immediately became available.

It wasn't immediately obvious what the queues were for:there was no signage, and just some harried Ticketmaster staff and puzzled volunteers to try to explain things. But a friend who was at the first session of the women's basketball reported queuing "not long" to get courtside seats for the second match of the second session (USA v Croatia) for £5.

When I saw the box offices outside the Basketball Arena and the Copper Box for the handball around 5pm, there were queues of around 20-30 people. I suspect a good strategy might be turning up towards the end of the first game in a session. Provided you're already in the park, of course.

I wonder if they're going to do this for events like Tennis as well? I might pop over on Wednesday when I get in to see what I can find.
Cheers
Howie

Right, as a US resident, I apparently am at the mercy of Cosport, who has no individual tickets for sale. So while I might be standing in London right outside the venue, apparently I cannot buy a ticket, even if tickets are available for sale on the UK or other sites. I have not seen anything regarding sales at the venues, other than resales of tickets from people who showed up and left early. Given that, I am not likely to make the effort to attend anything.

Citizenship has absolutely nothing to do with Olympic ticketing. Residency does, but that is also irrelevant now that almost all new purchases are being set up for collection/will call.

If you have a VISA card and an address in the UK (not necessarily the billing address - a hotel is fine), you can purchase tickets on the main www.tickets.london2012.com website for collection at a box office.

I am an Indian citizen, living in Ghana, using a US bank VISA card, with a Canadian billing address, and used the above site to purchase my tickets using a friend's address in London. No issues whatsoever.When you say that residency is irrelevant, that makes an assumption that, at will call, you don't have to show something that proves residency. Are you certain that's the case? That they'll not ask for something that's indicative of living where you claim? Green card, passport stamp showing you've been there for a while, etc?

From another site selling tickets (https://cartanglobal.com/summer-olympics/olympic-tickets/registration-form.html)-

Proof of Residency

Please remember to bring a Government Issued Photo ID (i.e. passport or drivers license) or proof of residency to purchase tickets. Only individuals with proof of residency in one of the countries listed below will be able to purchase tickets from our London Ticket Office. This will be strictly enforced for ticket sales.

Proof of residency that will be accepted to purchase tickets:

1. Passport or Driver's License from one of the following countries:

Authorized Ticket reseller for Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uruguay and Venezuela.

OR

2. Copy of a bill that is mailed to your address in one of the above listed countries.

So I see an opportunity to get to London and start to investigate where I can get tickets. Create an account on Cosport, but no individual tickets to be had that I can find on the site. For someone who decides at the last minute that they want to buy tickets, where do you go to make a purchase? Are there outlets in London/UK where a non-UK resident can buy an available ticket? Or do I have to purchase through the Cosport site, even if I am sitting at the Hilton Metropole in London?

I'm making a last minute trip as well and staying at the Hilton Metropole. I would love to get my hands on an individual ticket for a few events.

That they'll not ask for something that's indicative of living where you claim? Green card, passport stamp showing you've been there for a while, etc?

Quite certain. Once your tickets are purchased, the only thing you need is the original VISA card used to purchase the tickets. You do have to create and validate your account with a valid UK address though to be eligible to purchase in the first place.

The purpose of residency requirements is that a number of tickets are allocated to each NOC to ensure that all tickets are not snapped up by home fans/touts. The NOCs then sell these via their authorised re-sellers (which is CoSport for the USA). Therefore, if you are purchasing from an authorised re-seller quota, residency requirements do apply. Quotas do not apply for the direct sales, other than for the initial allocation. Even then, anyone with a mailing address in the UK could apply, regardless of their immigration status!

Quite certain. Once your tickets are purchased, the only thing you need is the original VISA card used to purchase the tickets. You do have to create and validate your account with a valid UK address though to be eligible to purchase in the first place.

From: http://www.tickets.london2012.com/boxofficelocation.html

"Only the ticketing account holder can collect tickets from the box office. You will need to bring along both the Visa card you used to pay for the tickets and original photo ID. Photocopies or screenshots of photo ID will not be accepted. If you do not have the original Visa card please bring along a copy of the email you received confirming your tickets."

Wouldn't we be caught out once a non-UK/EU passport or photo ID is presented?

Wouldn't we be caught out once a non-UK/EU passport or photo ID is presented?

There are plenty of non-UK/EU citizens who reside in the UK. If they wanted an original photo-ID issued by an EU state, they would have said so.

Once again, the purpose of the residency requirements is not to prevent people from buying tickets directly, but rather to ensure that there is an equitable distribution of tickets across the various NOCs.

I'm making a last minute trip as well and staying at the Hilton Metropole. I would love to get my hands on an individual ticket for a few events.

Pay with an Amex-issued Amex (no location checks with Amex when your card is processed), give a fake UK address or the Hilton and buy from the UK website. Tickets need to be collected in person anyway.

Pay with an Amex-issued Amex (no location checks with Amex when your card is processed), give a fake UK address or the Hilton and buy from the UK website. Tickets need to be collected in person anyway.

IIRC, tickets can only be paid for using Visa...

had a business associate who bought one of those packages. the one thing i recall him getting was ice dancing. i would presume one can distinguish real from fake if one has them in hand. i would presume they can be purchased on site. i have purchased very valuable tickets on site at discount, starting with a bruins stanley cup game, and a met opera opening. last minute prices are most favorable. i'll bet you could get ice dancing or ping pong or women's hand air gun for next to nothing. i watched the women columbia-usa soccer game on the telley. the stadium was less than half full.

I'm pretty certain the Ice Dancing is sold out.

IIRC, tickets can only be paid for using Visa...

Of course, sorry. You will need a prepaid visa gift card, then, assuming - and I only assume - these are not geographicly coded to the holder.

Of course, sorry. You will need a prepaid visa gift card, then, assuming - and I only assume - these are not geographicly coded to the holder.

It's all good - one of my colleagues bought a few tickets on Friday and was irritated about having to fish out the Visa instead of the (reward earning) MC that he normally uses.

:)

Well flight and hotel is now booked but tix, even though available, seem to be impossible to get unless you are UK based.... frustrating......i will try to grab some 'on the street' or bribe a concierge i suppose otherwise i'll just enjoy being around the games in London!

If anyone has an idea/suggestion for me i'd really appreciate it but i fully understand that things are controlled so tightly (i suppose lol)

cheers

The unusual amount of empty seats at many events while nobody can easily get tickets has prompted quite a few news stories. Google

olympic empty seats

Apparently they are going to start filling them with students and military, because they are embarrassed to have coverage showing large portions of the seats empty.

There are plenty of non-UK/EU citizens who reside in the UK. If they wanted an original photo-ID issued by an EU state, they would have said so.

Once again, the purpose of the residency requirements is not to prevent people from buying tickets directly, but rather to ensure that there is an equitable distribution of tickets across the various NOCs.But in the Internet age, the only way to ensure that people aren't buying from the "wrong" site is to require validation, in some way, that they qualify. And regarding what they "wanted" for ID, I provided copy from one company that explained that in detail. And that detail said they require more than just a hotel address.

Too bad nobody reading this thread has actually picked up tickets from will-call so they could let us know what they truly ask for.

You shouldn't have a problem getting tickets, but just keep in mind that there are a lot of fake tickets out there. If you are just looking for an "Olympic" experience and don't need to see Phelps swim, or USA basketball then you likely would have better chances.

If it's like Atlanta 1996, then it's all about a combination of venue size and sports popularity. Swimming or gymnastics? Fuhgeddaboutit! Track and field? Don't expect to see the finals.

OTOH, the easiest ticket to get was (drum roll)...........................FIELD HOCKEY! Tons of those. Same would go for less-popular events held in stadiums.

If you haven't actually got tickets, for the Olympics already, I wouldn't bother wasting money on coming to the UK unless you just fancy a few days here, and should you get any tickets count it as a bonus.

There are few (if any) tickets for the popular events left, and things like the football competition are being held all round the country. Although they are trying to sort out the "empty seats" problems, the organisers are looking to give them to the (off duty)military security guards and students, rather than sell them.

That said, you CAN see some events for free if you go to the venues. You can watch the equestrian events for free from a distance, likewise the sailing, rowing, Marathon, long distance walks and the endurance events like the triathlon or in fact any event not being held in a a fixed venue.

My husband is going to watch the sailing next weekend and will be watching it from the sea, and he will have 2-3 days of events to watch for little or no cost as will our daughter and a couple of friends, you can also get a fantastic view from the hill behind Weymouth - in fact according to a friend who lives there, the view from the hill is FAR better than the official seating

Are there tickets to ANY events at Olympic Park for this Thursday or Friday? I want to see something...anything!

More tix available according to this article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19048918

However they disappear faster than a award seat to Australia! Most I've seen have been in the A or AA price band, so pricey.

very much doubt it - but they do have big screens set up around the outside so you can watch what is going on inside.....

However with 5 live streams playing on the BBC - you would probably see more on your laptop/ ipad in your hotel room especially if you have live telly on too!

Well flight and hotel is now booked but tix, even though available, seem to be impossible to get unless you are UK based.... frustrating......i will try to grab some 'on the street' or bribe a concierge i suppose otherwise i'll just enjoy being around the games in London!

If anyone has an idea/suggestion for me i'd really appreciate it but i fully understand that things are controlled so tightly (i suppose lol)

cheers

Does the UK website realise your Visa card is not UK issued? And even so, does it reject the transaction for that reason, even if you give a made-up UK address?

A lot more events to select this morning, however still no tickets when I get to the "Request Tickets" process :-(

As a US resident, nothing offered on the Cosport site. When you look for individual tickets, there is no evidence that they have ever been for sale, it only points you to sold out "Hospitality packages". Looks like there's no plan to accommodate an individual traveler/ticket seeker from the US.

very much doubt it - but they do have big screens set up around the outside so you can watch what is going on inside.....


I was told you can't get near some venues without a ticket. Is this an urban legend?

I'm taking a last minute trip with my kids this weekend and as a previous poster said, getting tickets would be a "bonus" but it would be nice to go to some public areas that ooze Olympics.

You can't get into the Olympic park without a ticket but you can get close to some venues eg the routes of the road races, the marathon, the hill behind Weymouth for the sailing ....

However they do have a ticket resale point where people who leave can turn their tickets in to be resold for a far more modest amount, and after the empty spaces furore they are putting returned sponsor tickets up for sale each evening so you need to create your account and hover.....

As there's an active, pre-existing thread on Olympics ticket issues in the Destinations U.K. forum, I'll move this there. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.

Try the following Twitter sites, where buyers and sellers are connecting here in London:

#2012tweeps
@volshy

If you are just looking for a single ticket, there are lots of options. If you need two tickets there are some options, and if you need three or more (like me) it is very lean...

As there's an active, pre-existing thread on Olympics ticket issues in the Destinations U.K. forum, I'll move this there. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.Seeing the "tickets" thread there, which I hadn't found before (yeah, I know, right under my nose), you can go ahead and simply merge this with it if you think that's appropriate. Many of the same questions there. Thanks!

Are there tickets to ANY events at Olympic Park for this Thursday or Friday? I want to see something...anything!

Lots being released daily. 3000 tickets were put on sale today for today, for eg, which have been taken back from officials etc who are not using them.

Threads merged to keep all the Stratford Sports Day ticketing info in one place.

stut
Moderator
UK & Ireland

Lots being released daily. 3000 tickets were put on sale today for today, for eg, which have been taken back from officials etc who are not using them.


Hi Raffles

Do you know what local time these tickets get released daily?

Hi Raffles

Do you know what local time these tickets get released daily?

Nope, today was first day they have done it.

Does the UK website realise your Visa card is not UK issued? And even so, does it reject the transaction for that reason, even if you give a made-up UK address?
Last month I purchased tickets from the LOCOG site using an American credit card. However, I did have a UK address to send the tickets to. I am not sure what would happen if a US citizen were to appear at the ticket office trying to pick up tickets meant for British citiizens.

Originally Posted by bizorbetter

Hi Raffles

Do you know what local time these tickets get released daily?

Last night ticket sales were opened up on the LOCOG site at 9PM EST

Does the UK website realise your Visa card is not UK issued? And even so, does it reject the transaction for that reason, even if you give a made-up UK address?
Last month I purchased tickets from the LOCOG site using an American credit card. However, I did have a UK address to send the tickets to. I am not sure what would happen if a US citizen were to appear at the ticket office trying to pick up tickets meant for British citiizens.


Their site says you have to have an ID with a UK address. M if this is somehow wrong, I would love to know! I am here in London and want tickets to more events....

Lots being released daily. 3000 tickets were put on sale today for today, for eg, which have been taken back from officials etc who are not using them.But, even in-person, can a non-UK/Euro person buy those tickets?

Not one ticket available to a US resident. Guess this is the first of many EurOlympics.....

Not one ticket available to a US resident. Guess this is the first of many EurOlympics.....

Well I am a US resident living in the UK and have tix...;)

Their site says you have to have an ID with a UK address. M if this is somehow wrong, I would love to know! I am here in London and want tickets to more events....

If someone tries ordering from US without proof of UK address, please let us know how it went.

Well I am a US resident living in the UK and have tix...;)What was the method used to verify your residence?

It is truly amazing that the London bureau of tourism or whatever it might be called hasn't found a way to encourage more tourists to come in and spend more $$$. :confused: If I were a hotel with rooms available, I don't think I'd be happy about the difficulties of getting tickets for those darn foreign customers that pay the bills. :(

Re rwoman's post, the issue is not whether you have them, but can a US resident buy one today.. tomorrow, etc. If you made the purchase while in the US early on... ok. If you purchased a ticket in the past few days. I assume that "living in the UK" really means that you have a valid UK address and paid with a UK bank based Visa.... thus being a Resident in the UK, though a US Citizen perhaps.

Agree it would be nice to have some kind of access to individual tickets, though that looks to be as much an issue with Cosport as anything else.

You have to outsmart them. If you don't want to then I am afraid you won't be going. No you shouldn't have to, yes it is a crock of crap, Seb Coe is a muppet.

I assumed that "living in the UK" really meant that she had an address and paid with a UK bank based Visa.... thus being a Resident in the UK, though a US Citizen perhaps.

Agree it would be nice to have some kind of access to individual tickets, though that looks to be as much an issue with Cosport as anything else.

Um, no, I'm definitely considered a US resident. ;)

Another if my colleagues and I were discussing this issue at dinner. Many used US issued cards to pay.

Last night ticket sales were opened up on the LOCOG site at 9PM EST

Tx Bud....go bucs

FYI all, I will be trying to buy tonight and i will let everyone know if it works (if tix become available of course)

I'm set to enjoy London regardless, but w/b nice to at least get into Olympic Park......otherwise I'll grab an out of town football match using hotel addy and try to see some rowing and/or triathlon where i understand you can see part of the course for free.

Maybe a pint or two of fullers along the way ;)

Um, no, I'm definitely considered a US resident. ;)

Another if my colleagues and I were discussing this issue at dinner. Many used US issued cards to pay.

Excellent. Tell us precisely what you did to acquire tickets after the games started so others can emulate your success.

Just a quick note that the ticket recycling scheme is in operation, though it's kept fairly well under wraps. It seems few of the volunteers around the park have been told much about it, and it does require being in Olympic Park already, and a certain element of a pastime the British excel at: queue first, ask questions later.

If there's more than one game in a session, people often leave after the first. Their tickets are scanned on the way out, and the seats immediately go back on sale at a nearby box office. I started waiting at the basketball arena box office at around 3.30pm with about 200 people in front of me; and by just after 5pm was inside watching a womens' qualifier between Russia and Brazil.

It cost me £5, and I ended up in a Category A seat (surrounded by Aussies from the earlier game). And it wasn't a typical London queue: everyone was quite chatty - I was surrounded by a mix of people who'd been to earlier sessions, people who had just bought park tickets because they didn't think they'd get to see any sport, and volunteers.

I don't think all the venues have this system in operation, but I reckon for early stage games, the basketball arena isn't a bad bet: it's big, so there's more chances of seats becoming free than, say, the Velodrome, which is comparatively tiny.

Last night a number of tickets went on sale in a lardge swathe of events in Swimming and Archerey across a number of price ranges. I had checked at 9, but nothing, it wasn't till 11.30 I saw them, including the 100m final.

My first attempt saw a wait time of only a minute, but even though I was allocated seats and my card details were pre-loaded, the transaction failed. This cycle repeated for 90 mins until eventually I got tickets for an Athletics event. The last attempt I was in a "queue" for 15 minutes. I was about to give up as it was 1am at that point!

Excellent. Tell us precisely what you did to acquire tickets after the games started so others can emulate your success.

I have a UK address and received my tix via post.

I can report mild success......last night it seems the LOC posted a fair number of tix and i was able to get two events...athletics and B-Ball

It was a painful process in that several times it looked like other events had been secured but when posting the payment it returned with an error message. It took some 3 hours to aquire the two events.

One set of tix was 'print your own' (PYO)...i have the PDF so i assume thats a go for sure.

The other (athletics) would not allow PYO but did allow for site pick-up.....i wonder if this had to do with the event being in Olympic Park?

I checked the pick up rules..." printed copy of your ticket confirmation email, the Visa card used to purchase the tickets and one piece of original photo ID (photocopies will not be accepted)"

It says nothing about 'citizenship' (or even residency) so i am hopeful that will not be an issue....residency is a loose term in the UK anyway (from what i have been told)

I will let you know if i get any more.....thanks for the help !

cheers all

If you are here in London, one good option is to go to the Thomas Cook location at Marble Arch. They have tickets reserved for packages with hotels, etc., which you can still buy. Each day they sell what's left at this one location. I was there today and according to the person with whom I spoke they sell any tickets they may have at face value and they may have as few as one for an event and as many as ten. A about 9am they sell any they have for the late morning and mid-day. A about 1pm they sell what they have for the late afternoon. At about 3:30, 4pm, or 4:30 (that timing was vague), they sell the evening tickets. I was there at 4:30 and there were no tickets, but he told me that at 9am they sold off tickets to gymnastics and equestrian. So, if you are flexible on what you are willing to see, and you can get to Marble Arch at the right times, you may get lucky. I will be there at 9am tomorrow...

On a side note, I was at the Olympic Park today for swimming and the logistics are good. Security lines were short and quick, and everything moved along well. Once you are in the park they now have a system in place to fill empty seats for those who leave early (as noted above by Teflon), but you queue in different areas for different venues and the waits looked to be long...

Attended GBR-Brazil tonight. Trains and Tube in were very full - over 70k attended. Security was pretty painless - separate queues for men and women with bags.

A big tranche have just gone online - I just managed to get a £20 ticket for the water polo this afternoon. The ticketing website claims it was the men's event, but the schedule says it's women's. Ticketmaster triumph again!

A big tranche have just gone online - I just managed to get a £20 ticket for the water polo this afternoon. The ticketing website claims it was the men's event, but the schedule says it's women's. Ticketmaster triumph again!

Thanks! Just scored Football tickets. Other event tickets were there and gone by the time I completed the Football ticket transaction.

Make sure you don't wait and shop for more. The tickets aren't yours until the transaction is completed!

Thanks! Just scored Football tickets. Other event tickets were there and gone by the time I completed the Football ticket transaction.

Make sure you don't wait and shop for more. The tickets aren't yours until the transaction is completed!

Are you a US resident? We've been trying to find tickets as well but not sure if being a US resident would be an issue.

I am taking my chances. I used the UK address where we are staying.

American residents: note that a batch of tickets went on sale on the CoSport site this morning at about 9am. They. Went very quickly, and I snatched up tickets for two Hockey games tomorrow! The tickets included events for August 1 (today), 2, and 3, and were mostly A and B category tickets. Events included gymnastics, basketball, swimming, volleyball, etc. As I understand it from the people at CoSport's will call location, these are tickets they keep as a "cushion" to deal with unexpected ticket problems (like my beach volleyball seats I pick up a few days ago that were not together, so they swapped me out for some that we're). So, today they cleaned out their stock of tickets for the next three days, but one can presume that there will be other batches of these extra tickets on sale every day, or maybe every few days, as the games continue...

Also, an update on the last minute tickets at Thomas Cook in Marble Arch. They only had a few tickets this morning (1 for beach volleyball and 1 for weightlifting). I got a slightly different story there this morning, with the guy saying that they sell tickets 1-2 hours before any given event, if they have them. Either way, they do sell last-minute face value tickets, but you need to get lucky...

I seriously need tickets!

For those who use Twitter, @ticketalert is good to have. It shows when seats become available at LOCOG. I agree with those Americans that are using their hotel address at their British address.
Surprised to see CoSport with tickets!

Thanks for the info about Cosport, I had given up on checking, easy enough to obsessively check both.

For those who use Twitter, @ticketalert is good to have.

Getting tweets would be wonderful. I tried to sign up for this on my Twitter account but it doesn't recognize "@ticketalert." Is there a different account to follow?

Getting tweets would be wonderful. I tried to sign up for this on my Twitter account but it doesn't recognize "@ticketalert." Is there a different account to follow?

@2012TicketAlert

@2012TicketAlert

Great resource, Muckus!! ^^

Was able to get a ticket for Water Polo Monday night!!

:D

Great resource, Muckus!! ^^

Was able to get a ticket for Water Polo Monday night!!

:D

I just keep missing the releases bleh was hoping for swimming or Tennis tickets for Friday/Sat oh well maybe tomorrow night.
Cheers
Howie

Anyone actually picked up tickets at will call or box office? What ID was requested? I used my hotel address and could use a cousins address, but don't have any ID with these addresses. Am I out of luck? I was able to buy a women's soccer ticket for Monday night -- you would think they'd want to fill up Wembley Stadium!

I can report mild success......last night it seems the LOC posted a fair number of tix and i was able to get two events...athletics and B-Ball

It was a painful process in that several times it looked like other events had been secured but when posting the payment it returned with an error message. It took some 3 hours to aquire the two events.

One set of tix was 'print your own' (PYO)...i have the PDF so i assume thats a go for sure.

The other (athletics) would not allow PYO but did allow for site pick-up.....i wonder if this had to do with the event being in Olympic Park?

I checked the pick up rules..." printed copy of your ticket confirmation email, the Visa card used to purchase the tickets and one piece of original photo ID (photocopies will not be accepted)"

It says nothing about 'citizenship' (or even residency) so i am hopeful that will not be an issue....residency is a loose term in the UK anyway (from what i have been told)

I will let you know if i get any more.....thanks for the help !

cheers all

Do let us know about the ticket collection - I got women's football ticket for next Monday and my ID doesnt have a UK address as I'm in process of moving! Hope there won't be any issues with collecting...

Anyone actually picked up tickets at will call or box office? What ID was requested? I used my hotel address and could use a cousins address, but don't have any ID with these addresses. Am I out of luck? I was able to buy a women's soccer ticket for Monday night -- you would think they'd want to fill up Wembley Stadium!

When I collected a ticket, they just wanted to see some photo ID. (Despite having a printout of the confirmation email, the agent still had a bit of trouble finding my order - "it says here you've ordered Paralympic tickets?")

According to the ticketing FAQs (http://www.london2012.com/spectators/tickets/box-office/), tickets for football matches can be bought from venue box offices with cash or Visa cards.

Updated twitter feed: @2012TicketAlert

:)

Anyone actually picked up tickets at will call or box office? What ID was requested? I used my hotel address and could use a cousins address, but don't have any ID with these addresses. Am I out of luck? I was able to buy a women's soccer ticket for Monday night -- you would think they'd want to fill up Wembley Stadium!

You should be OK I reckon - they ask for a photo ID, not proof of address.

After all, you could use a passport as photo ID, which at least for me in the UK does not have my address in it. When I picked my tickets up, they only took a quick glance at ID (I used my driving licence) and credit card to check I was me. Queue was very international, I didn't get the impression they were trying to catch people out in anything, rather get the tickets handed out a quickly and efficiently as possible.

YMMV of course!

Sorry mis-typed

Should be @2012TicketAler2

https://twitter.com/2012TicketAler2

Im arriving with my kids tonight and dont have tickets for tomorrow.

Has anyone gotten tickets in the past two days from the Thomas Cook office at marble arch? if so, when should we arrive by if were looking for morning seats?

any other options other thqn scqnning the ticket site?

Unfortunate news for those looking for tickets:

Important Update re @2012TicketAlert

When we set out to code this on Sunday/Monday, we never anticipated where the idea would go, the impact it would have or the publicity and support it would attract. It just seemed like a cool idea which could make a difference, and that was enough for us to spend a lot of our time developing it, maintaining it, and answering the hundreds of tweets, emails and questions we've received over the past three days - all with no prospect of making money from it or promoting our Company.

However, it seems someone at LOCOG has taken exception to our idea (or the publicity it is getting) and instead of reaching out to us or addressing the lack of a notification system, they have simply blocked our access to their server. This means we are unable to check or post any new ticket alerts.

We've done some testing and it seems they've blocked all "non-website" access (removing the opportunity to move to another server) so, unless they make a decision to re-allow us access, I'm afraid your only option to discover re-listed tickets now is to sit on www.London2012.com and keep pressing F5.

All of us here feel shocked and let down by this move, especially given the ongoing problems with ticketing and the ticket purchasing website, and can't understand why they'd take such an aggressive move to block a service which was non-commercial, which we've not been seeking any recognition for on a Company level (so there's no gain for us), and - which most importantly of all - was making a significant difference to many people and their ability to get tickets.

That said, it is their prerogative to do this - although we would point out that the alert was not against the Terms of Use of the www.london2012.com website, nor have these terms been updated to make it so.

So all we can really say is thank you all for your support, congratulations to those who got tickets with our help - and enjoy the Games!

Until next time,

Adam

PS. If you want a chance to show your support still, we'll be keeping the charity http://www.justgiving.com/2012TicketAlert page open. Be cool for something good to still come out of this :)

Having been trying to get tickets for three days, I am so pleased that I finally managed to snag two tickets to Athletics tomorrow evening. I thought I would give it one more time before I left work. I'm glad I did.

Very happy now.

:cool::cool:

Latest check, tickets for Women's football final are available.

So sweet to finally get tickets after many, many hours of searching. Tennis finals at Wimbledon (unbelievable), Athletics at Olympic Stadium and Football semis at Wembley - all procured online the past 24 hours. Don't give up!

There's an interesting analysis of the failures of the ticketing website at http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2012/08/olympic-ticket-system.php

meanwhile, m'colleague managed last night to get cat B tickets for three consecutive morning sessions at the athletics. (He didn't really mean to though, and is quite likely to be releasing one or two back into the system)

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I was able to pick up a cat C tennis ticket today at Thomas Cook at Marble arch. It's widely scattered in what they have and seats are very limited. It seems they put them on sale at 9am and then again at noon. Not sure about evening sessions.

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I was able to pick up a cat C tennis ticket today at Thomas Cook at Marble arch. It's widely scattered in what they have and seats are very limited. It seems they put them on sale at 9am and then again at noon. Not sure about evening sessions.

Funny, I was there too. Wearing a black polo and plaid shorts. It was disappointing.

My recollection is that they had 3 singles and a group of 3 for morning athletics, the single tennis ticket and a pair for weightlifting.

They sell whatever is bought but unclaimed around 9 AM and noon each day for face value.

Funny, I was there too. Wearing a black polo and plaid shorts. It was disappointing.Sorry to hear your choice of clothing let you down so much. :)

There's an interesting analysis of the failures of the ticketing website at http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2012/08/olympic-ticket-system.php

meanwhile, m'colleague managed last night to get cat B tickets for three consecutive morning sessions at the athletics. (He didn't really mean to though, and is quite likely to be releasing one or two back into the system)

Inside 5 days they shut of ticket resale, so your friend should be careful. I have a couple that I bought just to get something and now there have been better events and I'm stuck.

I went to Stratford Gate yesterday to pick up tickets to the Athletics I got online at 1am Monday night.

The queue was less than when I went to pick up my Gymnastic ticketss, but it slowed down as I neared the booth as one family were having issues. They had to be taken aside and wait for an official to tell them that the tickets they ordered weren't from Locog, and they'd have to contact the company involved. He also pointed out that it says on the paper they had that the company doesn't sell or trade in Olympic tickets. They weren't native English speakers, so I think they had some difficulty grasping what was going on. I felt sorry for them.

On the way in, there was also a guw with a sign up saying "Miracle needed. Ticket wanted for tonight". Not sure how much luck he would have!

Funny, I was there too. Wearing a black polo and plaid shorts. It was disappointing.

My recollection is that they had 3 singles and a group of 3 for morning athletics, the single tennis ticket and a pair for weightlifting.

They sell whatever is bought but unclaimed around 9 AM and noon each day for face value.

I was chatting with someone from LA was that you? The Tennis tickets showed up after most people left a woman from Italy inquired and we were told to wait a bit. He turned up with a bunch of Tennis tickets in all Cat's for court no 1. Considering the small queue it seemed worth the shot as you had no idea what was going to turn up.
Cheers
Howie

FYI
For those that asked me to post.......... there was no issue picking up LOC online ordered tix with a non uK passport today

Those going to olympic park stay away from stratford upon leaving!!.....its insane
Walk the new path to west ham (roughly 1 mile but enjoyable) if weather permits and it will save you time and stress

I was chatting with someone from LA was that you? The Tennis tickets showed up after most people left a woman from Italy inquired and we were told to wait a bit. He turned up with a bunch of Tennis tickets in all Cat's for court no 1. Considering the small queue it seemed worth the shot as you had no idea what was going to turn up.
Cheers
Howie

Argh! Should have waited a little longer. Great that you guys got tennis tickets. It was probably me! Small world, this FT.

Walk the new path to west ham (roughly 1 mile but enjoyable) if weather permits and it will save you time and stress
It might have been recently repaved (and has a new bridge over Stratford High Street), but that's not a new path. The Greenway has been there for years, and takes you all the way from Victoria Park to the Thames at Beckton (although the top end is currently inside Olympic Park's big fence).

If it's a wee bit on the smelly side, that's because it's built on top of the Northern Outfall Sewer. Though you will pass the byzantine Abbey Mills Pumping Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyworthington/7570408772/), nicknamed the "cathedral of sewage".

It's a good tip, though. If you're not averse to a nice stroll, the Victoria Gate will deposit you near Victoria Park and the Regent's Canal. There's a big screen in Victoria Park to watch more of the action, and it's a pleasant mile and a bit walk to Bethnal Green station (or Mare Street, from where you can get buses down to Liverpool Street and London Bridge)

It might have been recently repaved (and has a new bridge over Stratford High Street), but that's not a new path. The Greenway has been there for years, and takes you all the way from Victoria Park to the Thames at Beckton (although the top end is currently inside Olympic Park's big fence).

If it's a wee bit on the smelly side, that's because it's built on top of the Northern Outfall Sewer. Though you will pass the byzantine Abbey Mills Pumping Station (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyworthington/7570408772/), nicknamed the "cathedral of sewage".

It's a good tip, though. If you're not averse to a nice stroll, the Victoria Gate will deposit you near Victoria Park and the Regent's Canal. There's a big screen in Victoria Park to watch more of the action, and it's a pleasant mile and a bit walk to Bethnal Green station (or Mare Street, from where you can get buses down to Liverpool Street and London Bridge)

Oh ok....they made it sound like it was pieced together for the outflow of people from the park, sorry!

You are right it did smell lol! but only for a small part....saw a 'church' completely surrounded with a stone wall and massive amounts of razor wire as well,,,,interesting walk through different areas however

Oh ok....they made it sound like it was pieced together for the outflow of people from the park, sorry!no worries, just happy to point out some local history :)

For those of us stuck w/ cosport, they just released the biggest bunch of tickets since they put individual tickets back on sale that I've seen (mostly price category AA and A).

https://www.cosport.com/tickets/EventTicketList.aspx

For those of us stuck w/ cosport, they just released the biggest bunch of tickets since they put individual tickets back on sale that I've seen (mostly price category AA and A).

https://www.cosport.com/tickets/EventTicketList.aspx

Thanks so much for the update. I got some excellent handball tickets for not too much money. Perhaps Americans haven't discovered the game yet and that's why there's tickets available. In any case, I'm happy to be going!

For those of us stuck w/ cosport, they just released the biggest bunch of tickets since they put individual tickets back on sale that I've seen (mostly price category AA and A).

https://www.cosport.com/tickets/EventTicketList.aspx


Are you seeing tickets there right now?
And are you loooking under packages or individual tickets?

I just get sold out when I look under packages, and it just goes round in a loop if I try to access individual tickets page (don't even get a list of sessions).

When I follow that link I just get bounced to:
https://www.cosport.com/#eu

I'm guessing they manage their US quota separatly from their EU quota (they are agents for certain EU countries and accept it from all).

I do see tickets available right now under 'Individual Tickets' for Diving, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing and Athletics. I am registered for the US allocation so I suppose the EU one is different.

FYI
For those that asked me to post.......... there was no issue picking up LOC online ordered tix with a non uK passport today

Those going to olympic park stay away from stratford upon leaving!!.....its insane
Walk the new path to west ham (roughly 1 mile but enjoyable) if weather permits and it will save you time and stress

Picked up my tickets late yesterday. They asked me for my post code. I about soiled my pants. I didn't know the post code, so I started with the address and that was enough.

Picked up my tickets late yesterday. They asked me for my post code. I about soiled my pants. I didn't know the post code, so I started with the address and that was enough.

Naughty! Us Brits have been having a terrible time getting tickets to find that non-Brits are nicking from our allocation. :D Of course, I'm using dual citizenship to dip into dual allocations, but that's my right! :D

Naughty! Us Brits have been having a terrible time getting tickets to find that non-Brits are nicking from our allocation. :D Of course, I'm using dual citizenship to dip into dual allocations, but that's my right! :D

I'm one of those sorry......i will say this, I have always loved London but they have hit the ball out of the park with these games!!!! Lots to do if you want to and still the city is so big you can get away from it as well.

They moved everyone around seamleesly and except for some long foodand drink cues at the olympic stadium there is NOTHING and i mean nothing they could have done better.

Hats off to you Londoners and the whole UK (i was at the old trafford match so have to give MAN its props too!)......fantastic time!

Are you seeing tickets there right now?
And are you loooking under packages or individual tickets?....

Sorry for not getting back to you at the time- hadn't checked the thread again until now.

While the cosport "ticket dumps" have been sparse relative to the london2012, things are still popping up.

Just this morning I picked up a ticket to see the us men's hoops tomorrow night! I'm only flying over tonight, so we'll see if I can stay awake for a 9pm game!

Thanks so much for the update. I got some excellent handball tickets for not too much money. Perhaps Americans haven't discovered the game yet and that's why there's tickets available. In any case, I'm happy to be going!

I just started watching Handball during the games and it's awesome! What Cat did you end up getting? Wish I had be able to stay in London longer as I figured stuff like Handball and Field Hockey would drip out.
Cheers
Howie

Just this morning I picked up a ticket to see the us men's hoops tomorrow night! I'm only flying over tonight, so we'll see if I can stay awake for a 9pm game!

I'll be there in the lower bowl wearing an old-school USA Basketball jersey.

I just wanted to say that this thread was incredibly valuable! I did a last minute trip to London with a buddy and we managed to score some great last minute tickets from the folks at Thomas Cook Marble Arch.

Thanks to the folks on this thread for great advice and thanks to London for being a great host for the 2012 games! See you in Rio. :)