KEY DATES
• The full Olympic sports schedule has been revealed - http://www.tickets.london2012.com/olyschedule_p1.html
o Plan Your Games – Start to plan the events and dates you want to apply for. Speak to your family and friends to plan who you will go to London 2012 with.
• March 15th, 2011 – Olympic Application period opens
o Apply Now – Apply for the tickets you want to give you the best chance of being at London 2012. You have 6 weeks so you have time to plan properly – it is not first come, first served
• April 26th, 2011 – Olympic Application period closes
o Last chance to apply – The closing date is April 26th so this is your last chance to get tickets to the most popular events at London 2012
TICKETING APPLICATION OVERVIEW:
• Tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games will go on sale on Tuesday March 15 2011. The process for Olympic tickets will open for 6 weeks, enabling people to consider their options before making their final choices and submitting their application.
• Applications will close on April 26 2011 and all oversubscribed sessions will be allocated via a ballot process.
• Applications can be made at any point during the 6 week application period – it is not a first come, first served process.
• Tickets for the Olympic Games will be sold by session, the length of which will vary from sport to sport and there will be over 600 separate ticketed sessions across the 26 Olympic sports.
• When choosing the sessions you want to apply for, you choose seats in a price category rather than a specific seat or area within the venue.
• You will also be able to add a price range, indicating the lowest and/or highest prices you are willing to pay for tickets to a session – by entering this range it will increase your chances of being allocated tickets.
• Certain sessions will have limits on the number of tickets available for each household. More details about limits for sessions will be made available later this year
• LOCOG will have a resale process and further details will be made available later this year.
• Wheelchair spaces and companion seats, as well as seats for people with other accessibility requirements, will be available for every sport. You will be asked to specify any accessibility requirements you may have in your application.
TICKETING INITIATIVES
Ticketshare:
Over 100,000 tickets will be offered free of charge to schools across the UK through London 2012's Get Set education programme and also to other organisations. Further details will be announced later in 2011.
Pay Your Age:
There are special prices available for young people and seniors across all Olympic sports. Young people who are 16 years old or younger (at 27 July 2012) will pay their age for a ticket. Seniors aged 60 and over (at 27 July 2012) will pay £16. These 'pay your age' ticket prices and senior ticket prices will be available in more than 200 sessions.
Sign Up:
You can make a start today by signing up at www.tickets.london2012.com to register your interest. Being registered means you will be the first to receive important news about tickets for the London 2012 Games.
Travel for Free:
A travelcard is included in the price of all tickets in the public application process. This will enable ticket holders to travel on public transport on the day their ticket is valid.
TICKETS BY NUMBERS
• 8.8 million Olympic tickets on sale
• 90% of these tickets will be priced at £100 or under
• Two thirds of these tickets will be priced at £50 or under
• 2.5 million tickets will be priced at £20 or under
• £47 is the average price of ticket available in public application process
• 75% of tickets go on sale to the public via the application process which opens on March 15th 2011
• More than 2 million people have already signed up for Olympic and Paralympic tickets
• 649 separate ticketed sport sessions at the London 2012 Olympic Games
• More than 220 sessions included in the ‘Pay Your Age’ scheme (1.3 million tickets)
• Thousands of tickets will be available to under 16s in a ‘pay your age’ scheme, which could see the cheapest ticket at £1
PRICING RANGE EXAMPLES
• 100m final: £50 to £725 (to see Usain Bolt in the heats: £20 to £150)
• Diving final: £50 - £450 (to see Tom Daley in the heats: £20 to £150)
• Cycling final: £50 to £325 (to see Sir Chris Hoy in the heats: £20 to £150)
• Equestrian final: £35 to £150 (to see Zara Phillips in the heats: £20 to £95)
• The Opening Ceremony: £20.12 to £2,012.
• The following events will be free: The men’s and women’s marathon, men and women’s cycling road race, men and women’s time trial, two men’s walking races, one women’s walking race and men’s and women’s cycling as part of the triathlon.
For a full list of ticket prices, visit www.tickets.london2012.com
SPORTS SCHEDULE
The London 2012 Olympic Games will feature 26 sports, breaking down into disciplines and events. The day-by-day schedule can be accessed on the following link. This schedule is subject to change but the final sports schedule by session will be released on February 15th.
Olympic Football Tournament:
• The Olympic Football Tournament will be the largest football tournament the UK has ever hosted, with 58 matches played across the men’s and women’s competitions
• Matches will be played at six venues in the UK: Wembley Stadium (London), Old Trafford (Manchester), Millennium Stadium (Cardiff), St James’ Park (Newcastle), Hampden Park (Edinburgh) and City of Coventry Stadium
• Qualification takes place at various competitions throughout the world between 2010 and 2012. To date, only Great Britain (men’s and women’s) as hosts, Brazil and Columbia (both women’s) have secured a place at London 2012
• Great Britain has previously won three gold medals: Paris 1900, London 1908 and Stockholm 1912
• Previous gold medal winning players include: Lionel Messi, Javier Mascherano, Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez, Samuel Eto’o, Jay-Jay Okocha, Pep Guardiola and Luis Enrique
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