London 2012 Olympic Tickets Website Suspended Following Glitches

Olympic Tickets Website Suspended Following Glitches

Sports fans were given another chance to tickets for the Olympic Games on Friday - or at least they were until the website broke.

The official resale portal where people could sell on their unwanted spaces opened on Friday morning with many tickets including some for the high profile men’s athletics up for grabs.

However people attempting to upload their tickets to sell on site were hit by glitches, forcing the London organising committee (Locog) and Ticketmaster to suspend the service.

The site also appeared to be slow to update events that had sold out, leading people to they could still secure a place at their favoured event.

While men's athletics tickets were snapped up quickly, beach volleyball appeared to be one of the less popular events, with three pages worth of tickets still available earlier today.

Synchronised diving tickets were also listed for sale, for those who missed out on synchronised swimming after Locog's error earlier this month.

Many tickets to see the more expensive events are up on the site, perhaps after a dearer than expected Christmas period.

The men's bronze medal game basketball in the North Greenwich Arena was also listed, with the most expensive going for £325.00.

At the time of writing tickets to the much sought-after opening and closing ceremonies were still available, from as cheap as £20.00 to more than £2,000.

The sale will continue until 3 February, and if sellers are unsuccessful, they will be returned to the buyer.

There will be one final chance to buy tickets in the spring, but Locog has been reticent about confirming the date.

Most importantly no tickets must be resold through any other means than the official website. Fines for ticket touting have been increased from £5,000 to £20,000. The Metropolitan Police have issued a warning against going to other sites:

"You risk being ripped off, not getting the ticket you wanted and paid for, and even having your personal details stolen and used in other crimes."

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