Sunday, 29 July 2012

Ticket backlash overshadows Games | Reuters

Ticket backlash overshadows Games | Reuters:

Ticket backlash overshadows Games

Empty seats reserved for VIPs and athletes are seen at the Eventing Individual Dressage at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Greenwich Park on July 29, 2012. REUTERS-Olivia Harris
1 of 3. Empty seats reserved for VIPs and athletes are seen at the Eventing Individual Dressage at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Greenwich Park on July 29, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Olivia Harris
By Paul Casciato and Karolos Grohmann
LONDON | Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:30pm BST
(Reuters) - Olympic organisers scrambled on Sunday to quell a backlash over depressing TV images of half-empty stands at the London Olympics as a government minister said an urgent inquiry had been launched to identify just who had failed to show up and why.
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