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Hawkeye

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You know what I mean though. It should be cheaper for people who live in the UK.

Or are those the discounted UK prices and the rest of the world gets bent over and screwed?

The UK that poor developing nation in the poverty stricken Europe. Oh, wait a minute!

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dayte

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are the having the ridiculously awsome BMX event they had in China, would quite like to see that

It was always fun watching the little girls (they had to be small to fit on the bikes) wipe each other out

The UK that poor developing nation in the poverty stricken Europe. Oh, wait a minute!

We look after our own, charity begins at home, BRITISH JOBS FOR BRUTISH WORKERS!!

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the_debaser

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Does anyone actually really give a shit about the olympics? 12 billion quid down the drain to build a stadium that'll be used at full capacity for 4 days and to host a bunch of events that interest no one. No Olympics has ever done anything to improve the host city except for maybe Barcelona and it's just going to to be another white elephant.

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El Pibe

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Yes, I give a shit. I love the Olympics and I am really excited that it's taking place in London, even though I live down in the South West.

It's going to be so much fun when it all kicks off and I will be trying to get tickets for something, anything!

Will also be heading to Weymouth as we have family there and they have a house with views over the area where some events will be taking place. Really cannot wait for that.

The regeneration in London looks great as do all the stadia.

Bring it on! :D

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vanronk

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Yes, I give a shit. I love the Olympics and I am really excited that it's taking place in London, even though I live down in the South West.

It's going to be so much fun when it all kicks off and I will be trying to get tickets for something, anything!

Will also be heading to Weymouth as we have family there and they have a house with views over the area where some events will be taking place. Really cannot wait for that.

The regeneration in London looks great as do all the stadia.

Bring it on! :D

Lols!

I guess being from the country side you wouldn't understand what a tube is, but basically they're already full of twats, and for the 10 days or whatev they are going to be full of even more of them. I'll be renting my flat out and fucking of somewhere, true story.

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bingowings

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I can already see The Sun's header tomorrow.

'WHAT A CLOCK-UP!'

I wouldn't normally care about this, but Swatch are Swiss and they're meant to know their shit.

hasn't anyone told you - time has actually stopped. Swatch manufacture time as well - they took over the contract from Omega in 1994, so if anything goes wrong with their apparatus it stops. i'm quite surprised, it's been all over the television.

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Lols!

I guess being from the country side you wouldn't understand what a tube is, but basically they're already full of twats, and for the 10 days or whatev they are going to be full of even more of them. I'll be renting my flat out and fucking of somewhere, true story.

Same. My flat overlooks the stadium. Guy in our building reckons we can get twenty grand for one month. See ya.

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vanronk

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So anyway, I really think this is a miserable shower of an event. Ticket prices are really not cheap, and you require a VISA card to buy them. So it's pretty much the least inclusive thing for actual people, especially for some of those who live in the deprived areas near the Olympic village.

But it's a Tory government so I suppose we should be happy they are lowering themselves to throwing us lowly middle class chaps a few crumbs in the form of fifty quid tickets.

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Lols!

I guess being from the country side you wouldn't understand what a tube is, but basically they're already full of twats, and for the 10 days or whatev they are going to be full of even more of them. I'll be renting my flat out and fucking of somewhere, true story.

Internet forum person in unsociable act shocker.

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dayte

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Some of you are negative nellies. Sure I'd be miffed if this was happening outside my backyard, but then like you guys I would probably rent it out for profitsss. But the Olympics coming to Britain? Fuck yeah.

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I've spent half of today planning which tickets to apply for. I am really excited about this.

Have you come up with good estimates for how over-subscribed events might be?

I'm not sure how much to overbuy to secure roughly the right amount of tickets.

The venue capacities vary tremendously, the seats are supposed to be equally distributed amongst the price tiers. 60-75% of tickets are on open sale for each event. But figuring out likely demand is tough.

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I like the majority of young people have no interest in track and field events so I'll be giving them and the main stadium a wide berth (I also don't want to be blown up by terrorists). Probably head down to Weymouth to watch the sailing as I have family who live there, might also go and watch the cycle racing and perhaps perve at the female gymnasts.

I thought I would watch the mountain biking as its fun and actually a down to earth sport that appeals to everyday spectators in this country unlike boring dull wank like running, throwing objects etc.. (seriously who gains enjoyment out of watching stuff like that?) but then I found out the utter cretins in the Olympic Committee have decided to build the course on the flattest area of the uk Essex I seriously don't have a clue why they decided to build it there as there are no hills.

Can an Olympic mountain bike track be sculpted on Essex's flat terrain?

Take the train directly east from London and one thing strikes you immediately: the landscape is flat. Pancake flat, with barely a tickle of topological intrigue; exactly what you'd expect from marshland adjoining the Thames Estuary. But certainly not the place you'd expect to find a world-class mountain bike course.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2010/nov/09/olympic-mountain-bike-track-essex

Overall the Olympics shall be a joke when compared with China. I can see the whole of London being gridlocked (I bet a tenner that the tube drivers will choose the Olympics to go on strike!) with events being postponed or cancelled.

Being in a deprived area of London I predict that the tourists shall venture out of the Olympic village and straight into sink estates where they will be parted of their possessions which won't be good pr and ontop of all of that there is the threat of terrorism (if they are going to choose an event in the foreseeable future then its going to be the Olympics).

Overall the Olympics shall show to the rest of the world what a shit place the UK has become, it might be good in a way as it will probably reduce immigration.

Ooh, I might try and get some tickets and hop over on a cheap flight. Although I'm guessing London hotels are either going to be booked out really early or be more expensive than usual during the Games, right?

Just seen this on the news, it won't just be hotels that will be jacking up the prices, I bet everyone that can get away with charging more will, its basic capitalism, supply and demand.

Johnson attacks Olympic hotel rate rises

By Roger Blitz, Leisure Industries Correspondent

Boris Johnson has criticised London hotels planning to raise room rates during the Olympics as “short-sighted Arthur Daleys”, warning them that price-gouging during the games could damage the capital’s tourist industry for years.

Games officials make available 6.6m Olympic tickets on Tuesday to applications from the public, but travel operators have been shocked at the prices some hotels are already charging and by their demands for upfront payment and 100 per cent cancellation fees.

The London mayor said the following 18 months, which include next month’s royal wedding and next year’s Olympics and diamond jubilee, presented a “golden opportunity” for London to promote itself as a visitor destination.

But responding to concerns raised in the Financial Times by wholesale travel agents, Mr Johnson said: “We mustn’t be seen as sharks through the actions of the short-sighted Arthur Daleys out there who want to cash in on the games. Their actions could ruin the excellent work put in by the rest of the tourist sector, with repercussions for decades to come.”

The European Tour Operators Association said on Monday that long-haul origin markets, particularly the US and Japan, were “finding it impossible to secure hotel space at viable rates and terms” during the games.

Hotel price rises in London were also hitting operators outside the duration of the games, and nearly all non-Olympic business was being turned away, it said.

“Several operators are effectively dropping London as a tourism destination for the bulk of 2012,” said ETOA.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4371a3a-4e72-11e0-98eb-00144feab49a.html#ixzz1GhLeJJZE

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