1 million Olympic tickets to go on sale

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Olympic organizers said Tuesday they are putting nearly 1 million tickets on sale.

09 May,2012 06:15 am

Olympic fans who missed out on tickets for the London Games will get another opportunity this week, including a chance of securing high-demand seats for the opening ceremony or 100-meter final.Olympic organizers said Tuesday they are putting nearly 1 million tickets on sale, with priority given to those people who were unsuccessful in previous rounds.The 900,000 tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to the nearly 1 million people in Britain who applied previously but came up empty handed.We know thousands of sports fans were disappointed when they missed out in the initial sales period because of the massive demand for tickets, organizing committee chairman Sebastian Coe said. We promised we would prioritize these fans when we released the contingency tickets, which is exactly what we are doing.The tickets will go on sale online.