There won't be a full house. Olympic organisers have problems with ticket sales
With just two days to go until the official start of the Olympic Games, it seems that the world's premier sporting event has not generated much excitement among fans.
The Financial Times analysed the official ticket resale site and found that three days before the games, the number of passes for the event jumped from 180,000 to 270,000 compared to the previous month.
The most expensive tickets at the venue can be bought for the opening ceremony, and for the seats with the best view you will have to pay in the region of three thousand euros.
The low demand on the secondary market raises fears that most athletes will have to compete in half-empty, if not empty arenas.
It is also stressed that fans who planned to attend the games were obliged to buy tickets for three separate events during the first wave of ticket sales, but organisers have clarified that they will be able to sell all unwanted tickets on the official site.
However, supply is now far outstripping demand: no one is buying tickets on the secondary market, and in addition, the organisers continue to release more tickets.
Yasmine Green
Dailysports's expert
Translated by the editors
