Worth it????
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Whats the maximum you would pay to watch 100m final??? And/or any other major sporting event??
100m Final - £150 a ticket.....max
Whats the maximum you would pay to watch 100m final??? And/or any other major sporting event??
100m Final - £150 a ticket.....max
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100M final, max I'd pay is well errmm if someone gave me £200 quid for the bother of going to watch it I might go.Latham8wfc wrote:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ECOND.html
Whats the maximum you would pay to watch 100m final??? And/or any other major sporting event??
100m Final - £150 a ticket.....max
Actually would probably need £500 to make it worthwhile.
I'd not spend a bean on it. Who would spend money to watch 8 blokes run for under 10 seconds in a straight line?
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£15 per second?
No thanks
No thanks
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£75 per second so roughly £750 per ticket.......boltonboris wrote:£15 per second?
No thanks
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I didn't read the article, just saw the £150 above...Latham8wfc wrote:£75 per second so roughly £750 per ticket.......boltonboris wrote:£15 per second?
No thanks
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The £150 is the maximum I would pay for a ticket to watch the event, because i'd imagine it would cost another £300+ to get to London, stay over, come back etc so not worth nearly £500.boltonboris wrote:I didn't read the article, just saw the £150 above...Latham8wfc wrote:£75 per second so roughly £750 per ticket.......boltonboris wrote:£15 per second?
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I wouldn't pay anywhere near £150..
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Athletics in general is bloody tedious shit anyway. No thanks.
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Any update on the GB football team thing, is it happening or not?
Might see if I can get tickets to some of the games at OT if they're not too dear, could get lucky and end up watching Brazil or Spain's Olympic teams. Or er, China's
Might see if I can get tickets to some of the games at OT if they're not too dear, could get lucky and end up watching Brazil or Spain's Olympic teams. Or er, China's
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I'd def love to get close to Ennis, she's awesome
But there's only one sport I plan on paying money to watch - basketball
But there's only one sport I plan on paying money to watch - basketball
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Hubby and i can't wait to go. We want to watch the athletics (though not the 100m final at that price!) and i'd like to see some gymnastics and maybe the diving. I'd most like to see the men and womens triple jump. Hoping we can get tickets...
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I would. Probably if it was just that race.
As it is the ticket will be for the whole day & at that level, once in a lifetime, yup ... sure would.
However, you won't get a ticket as the agencies will get most & package them up with hotels, travel etc., etc & charge 5 times that.
As it is the ticket will be for the whole day & at that level, once in a lifetime, yup ... sure would.
However, you won't get a ticket as the agencies will get most & package them up with hotels, travel etc., etc & charge 5 times that.
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Probably less than the running costs of a Sean Davis or a Joey O'Brien. And, you could get a couple of false starts, that dramatically lengthen the end to end time.boltonboris wrote:£15 per second?
No thanks
I wouldn't pay owt to watch it specifically, and it's not bundled with any other finals in the same 3hr session as I understood it.
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The men's 100m final is on 5th August with these other events. £50 cheapest ticket & £725 for the most expensive.bobo the clown wrote:I would. Probably if it was just that race.
As it is the ticket will be for the whole day & at that level, once in a lifetime, yup ... sure would.
However, you won't get a ticket as the agencies will get most & package them up with hotels, travel etc., etc & charge 5 times that.
Men's
100m: semi-finals, final 400m: semi-finals
1500m: semi-finals 3000m Steeplechase: final
10,000m: victory ceremony High Jump: qualifying
Long Jump: victory ceremony Hammer: final
Women's
100m: victory ceremony 400m: final, victory
ceremony
400m Hurdles: round 1
Triple Jump: final, victory ceremony
Marathon: victory ceremony
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malcd1 wrote:The men's 100m final is on 5th August with these other events. £50 cheapest ticket & £725 for the most expensive.bobo the clown wrote:I would. Probably if it was just that race.
As it is the ticket will be for the whole day & at that level, once in a lifetime, yup ... sure would.
However, you won't get a ticket as the agencies will get most & package them up with hotels, travel etc., etc & charge 5 times that.
Men's
100m: semi-finals, final 400m: semi-finals
1500m: semi-finals 3000m Steeplechase: final
10,000m: victory ceremony High Jump: qualifying
Long Jump: victory ceremony Hammer: final
Women's
100m: victory ceremony 400m: final, victory
ceremony
400m Hurdles: round 1
Triple Jump: final, victory ceremony
Marathon: victory ceremony
Yeah I'd pay £50 for that programme... Probably have to buy some good binocs though...
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KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab wrote:I'm looking at the ticket prices, trying to organise a number of school trips for the Games.
No medal ceremony/final of any sport, other than the marathon (mostly free), the road cycling (mostly free), the triathlon (most of the cycling bit free) under £35. Apart from BMX.
Any £20 ticket will be either day time sessions, or a ground pass for the Tennis. Luckily my school is in Wimbledon.
Kid's tickets are nicely priced, but they still need a very small child:adult ratio for 7 year olds going on a school trip.
Plus, any tickets you're successful in obtaining, you MUST buy. No returns. No refunds.
There are 125,000 tickets available for schools. All are available in a special ballot. None will be available to under 10s.
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I'd like to take the juniors i coach at my athletics club along but i think its gonna be a non starter. Perhaps the Grand Prix at Crystal Palace is more realistic...KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab wrote:KeeeeeeeBaaaaaaab wrote:I'm looking at the ticket prices, trying to organise a number of school trips for the Games.
No medal ceremony/final of any sport, other than the marathon (mostly free), the road cycling (mostly free), the triathlon (most of the cycling bit free) under £35. Apart from BMX.
Any £20 ticket will be either day time sessions, or a ground pass for the Tennis. Luckily my school is in Wimbledon.
Kid's tickets are nicely priced, but they still need a very small child:adult ratio for 7 year olds going on a school trip.
Plus, any tickets you're successful in obtaining, you MUST buy. No returns. No refunds.
There are 125,000 tickets available for schools. All are available in a special ballot. None will be available to under 10s.
Some fecking legacy this is leaving.
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Would love to see some boxing and handball but travel & accommodation prices me out of it before I even start thinking about bidding for tickets. If Londoners are getting all the benefit I hope to God they're paying for all of it.
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Haven't really followed athletics much for a while now but I remember watching quite a bit during the Coe/Ovett/Cram days.
Not sure I'd pay to watch - telly for me.
Not sure I'd pay to watch - telly for me.
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