Originally Posted by
Littlegirl
BA have made a statement confirming that they returned any unused seats to LOCOG well in advance so that they could be reissued for general use. I don't know if this was the case for all the sponsors though.
I remember it being even worse at Bejing for some events!
Good for BA. However, I am sure that some of the tickets that they did distribute were not used, or were not used for the entire event. When a ticketed segment is multiple hours in length, it is not surprising that people will not be in their seats for the entire event.
I remember the first world championship event that I went to. I was in my seat for every competitor, from the Hong Kong Team that looked like they had learned the sport last week to the eventual final. By the time I was at my 10th, I was skipping the first hour of almost every competition, and often two hours.