Empty Seats Problem For Olympic Events
The head of the British Olympic Association has insisted that new measures should be introduced to ensure there are no more empty seats in the stands at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Media reports indicate that hundreds of empty seating blocks have hit some of the Games’ most popular events over the first two days of competition.
London 2012’s organising committee, LOCOG, has claimed that the majority of the gaps had been initially allocated to accredited groups such as governing bodies and the media, while invitations have been reportedly sent to British army troops, teachers and schoolchildren to avoid further seating issues.
Lord Moynihan, the head of the BOA, said: ‘We need every seat filled. We owe it to the team, we owe it to British sports fans the length and breadth of the country.’
Moynihan believes that seats that are not filled 30 minutes after the start of the event should be made available.
LOCOG chair Lord Coe said that it would be wrong to blame sponsors for the empty seats as they have only been given eight per cent of the total, while 75% have been sold to the public.
