LOCOG not to issue more tickets for Greenwich Park – London Olympics 2012
It has been recently announced that the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games will not be issuing a further 25,000 tickets as previously planned for the cross country London 2012 Olympic Games event.
The London 2012 organisers have already made available a total number of 50,000 tickets for the cross country event that is in popular demand. The venue of the Olympic event is scheduled to be the Greenwich Park. The suggestion had been made previously by
the London 2012 organisers that more tickets will be made available for the Greenwich Park as the Olympic Games scheduled to be held on July 27 draw nearer.
Jeremy Edwards, who is the LOCOG venue manager for Greenwich Park, expressed the reasons behind the decision not to sell any more tickets for the cross country event in the following words, “We have had to take into account the need to put on an event in
which people can move around to enjoy the cross-country course and safety of crowd numbers outside. We believe that 50,000 is the best number to ensure a fantastic experience.”
There were concerns that if the number of spectators for the cross country event at the Greenwich is made to increase by another 25,000, it would cause a great strain on the transport system of the capital of England. It is predicted that the Greenwich town
centre would not be able to accommodate such a huge amount of visitors who will come to watch the cross country event if more tickets are sold.
Furthermore, the LOCOG states that the crowd at the venue would be too great to handle efficiently.
Despite that fact, it has been reported that the maximum number of people that the Greenwich Park can accommodate equals to be 75,000.
The people who are interested in viewing the cross country event can still get a chance on becoming a spectator at the Greenwich Park. There will be some tickets made available on the official website of the London 2012 Olympic Games as it is providing a
platform to those ticket holders that want to re sell their tickets.
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