View Poll Results: Did you purchase some Olympic tickets and are going?

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  • Yes i have and will be going

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Thread: Who is going to the Olympics?

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Seeing Spain vs Japan men's football on Thursday
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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    waaaay too much hype. The only event I would see is the womens beach volleyball

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Way too much tax payers money spent out on this, I really couldn't care less and am not at all interested.

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    diamond jubilee > olympics

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    I know 2 people going to hte olympics, but they could only get tickets for the handball? Exciting eh...

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    I will not be going to the Olympics for 2 reasons.

    1 - I live too far away.

    2 and most importantly- I don't give a flying monkeys about it.

    Unfortunately, without moving my family to the middle of a field in the Outer Mongolia, I will not be able to avoid it.

    For those who are going or watching, have fun and enjoy it.
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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Yepp, I am going. I have tickets that covers me to watch a variety of shooting events (my sport) during a day. I also have a friend from my club working as a range conduct officer, she was responsible for getting one of our team into shooting and coached him for a while.

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Not going to the Olympics, but some events are coming to me. Live a stone's throw away from some of the events like shooting... Although I couldn't give a toss, hearing shots around here isn't that uncommon!

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    I put in for £1500 worth of tickets and didn't get any! Gave up on the 'second chance' website after than in disgust.

    However my brother has somehow acquired some tickets for the men's 105kg weightlifting at some considerable expense (he plans on treating me, I disagree, even though I don't know how much they were!). I can get to Excel easily on the DLR from Lewisham so why not? I'm more into Powerlifting than Olympic Lifting but it should be impressive and exciting- the world snatch record at 105kg is 200kg- which is about what I can deadlift!

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Quote Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH View Post
    You will get a better view on the TV anyway!!
    And you'll live to tell !!

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Quote Originally Posted by Galant View Post
    Maybe the secondary question is - if you are or were going, which event would you most want to see? If it were me I think I'd go for the fencing, the judo or other combat sports, and maybe the 100 Metre sprint. Does anyone know how tickets work anyway? Is it just one day ticket and then you go to see whichever events suit you or are the different tickets for different events?
    The only events that really interest me are the ones you dont see.

    I bet our world leaders had a hoot during their groove festives conjuring up this for our would-be Olympics, or maybe its just Pete and his Pals disguised in one of their suits ?



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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Quote Originally Posted by g8ina View Post
    Olympics, Olympics, Olympics......

    Seems like we cant escape it

    Sorry buddy, the build up stuff is doing my head in !

    be fair you are away for the beginning sunning yourself in Warks.....

    would love to be there but its not an essential I can make you watch it on tv with me when you get back lol

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Aye, got tickets for the Men's Football quarter final at St James' Park.

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Quote Originally Posted by roachcoach View Post
    No. Setting aside all the travel hassle crazy expense for a moment; I've utterly no interest in attending.

    I'd probably not cross the street to watch it tbh.
    Well, that ^^^, basically.

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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen View Post
    Well, that ^^^, basically.
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    Re: Who is going to the Olympics?

    Off to Weymouth for the sailing, which seeing as I'm in Bristol, shouldn't be too bad.

    Fed up of the commercialisation and marketing of the whole thing, though. Really fed up.
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