There have been a lot of complaints about the way Olympics tickets have been sold for next year's London games. Today the "second round" of ticket sales began at 6am (UK time).
There were 2.3 million tickets available, with 1.7 million of them for football. This time tickets are for sale on a first-come-first-served basis, unlike the first round when tickets were allocated on a mystery basis (will it ever be revealed?).
The site was said to be experiencing "high demand" this morning. Curiosity as to what's available, I would guess, rather than anxiety to get expensive handball tickets. Tickets for popular events such as athletics, beach volleyball, hockey, handball and basketball quickly disappeared.
The reason there are so many football tickets available is, I would say, because the stadiums are large, there are lots of games, we already get the most entertaining club football in our Premier League anyway, and also: what have Manchester, Newcastle, Coventry, Cardiff and Glasgow got to do with the London Olympics? I'm not denigrating the venues, but there will hardly be any romance of the Olympics at those stadiums, will there?
The site for tickets is currently open to those who failed to get tickets the first time round. Those who did will have to wait for another two weeks. Seems fair, but is it? I know people who got their least favoured option of their choices in the first round. It's something, but now they are denied the chance to get something more akin to what they'd prefer. Is that fair?
Is there any fair way of selling tickets?
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