Fury on Twitter over empty seats at Olympic venues
Masses of empty seats in every Olympic event I'm watching. Why aren't they being given out to local residents on a turn-up basis?
From @Andrew_Adonis on Twitter:Empty seats at any Olympic venue will be a scandal if it continues. Needs to be sorted by LOCOG yesterday! #London2012
From @peterjohn6 on Twitter:LOCOG says that empty seats were mostly for #Olympic VIPS - athletes, governing bodies etc. This can't be true at the #gymnastics - too many
From @em_john on Twitter:
'Olympic Empty Seat' takes to Twitter in spoof account
A new Twitter account from the viewpoint of an empty seat in a spoof reaction to the furore over empty stands at Olympic venues
Three Olympic reforms to end the scandal of empty seats
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3,000 extra Olympic tickets on sale
LOCOG says it is pressing national Olympic committees to return tickets that they are not likely to use and selling them to the public.