Rogge Latest to Defend London 2012 Ticketing System

July 5, 2011

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has become the latest to defend the London 2012 ticketing system, claiming that the demand to watch the Games was “amazing”.
The system has been condemned in Britain due to the large number of applicants who missed out on tickets, particularly in the first phase of sales, but is being hailed as a major success internationally.
There were 22 million requests for 6.6 million available tickets, with 1.2 million applicants getting nothing.
Rogge stated: “We’re amazed by the demand for tickets for the London Olympics. Seven million [tickets] on sale and 20 million wanting tickets.
Rogge insisted that, although it was unfortunate not everybody had been awarded tickets, there was nothing wrong with the system, adding: “You’re bound to have people who are unhappy.
“I can just say the system put in place by LOCOG is a fair system. It is a good balance between the international and national.”
In total, more than 3.5 million Olympic tickets have now been sold for London 2012 and around 850,000 successful applications have been made for tickets with less than two million tickets remaining.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has become the latest to defend the London 2012 ticketing system, claiming that the demand to watch the Games was “amazing”.
The system has been condemned in Britain due to the large number of applicants who missed out on tickets, particularly in the first phase of sales, but is being hailed as a major success internationally.
There were 22 million requests for 6.6 million available tickets, with 1.2 million applicants getting nothing.
Rogge stated: “We’re amazed by the demand for tickets for the London Olympics. Seven million [tickets] on sale and 20 million wanting tickets.
Rogge insisted that, although it was unfortunate not everybody had been awarded tickets, there was nothing wrong with the system, adding: “You’re bound to have people who are unhappy.
“I can just say the system put in place by LOCOG is a fair system. It is a good balance between the international and national.”
In total, more than 3.5 million Olympic tickets have now been sold for London 2012 and around 850,000 successful applications have been made for tickets with less than two million tickets remaining.