London 2012 organisers forced to withdraw 500,000 tickets due to poor sales
By John Reynolds, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 11:48AM
London 2012 organisers have been forced to take 500,000 football tickets off the market due to faltering sales, despite supporting the football tournament with marketing activity.
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The football tournament has proved one of the hardest sells for the Olympics, despite several high-profile players such as Ryan Giggs taking part.
There were originally 2.5 million football tickets on sale and Olympic organisers have sold more than half of them.
Organisers said its move would not impact on its target to raise around £500m from Olympic ticket sales.
The majority of the withdrawn football tickets are priced at £20.
Games organisers said the reduced capacity in some stadiums would manifest itself by not using a tier or areas of a ground in some of the venues.
In the past few months, in an effort to avoid the embarrassment of empty stadiums, the organisers have carried out a print, outdoor and digital campaign to showcase the Olympic football tournament.
Matches will take place at Wembley Stadium and in Newcastle, Glasgow, Coventry, Cardiff and Manchester.
This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.uk
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