Olympic Football Tickets Go On Sale
1.4 million tickets for the Olympic football competition go back on sale on Monday morning at 11am on a first come, first served basis, with seats still available for all but five games.
Team GB’s group match with Uruguay at the Millennium Stadium on 1st August is the only group game to sell-out, while the men’s quarter-final, semi-final and final at Wembley Stadium and the women’s final has also sold-out.
The tickets will be available at www.tickets.london2012.com or via telephone until 11pm on 6th May.
The Olympic football tournament will take place at six venues in cities across the UK – Hampden Park in Glasgow, Old Trafford in Manchester, Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, St James’ Park in Newcastle, City of Coventry Stadium and Wembley Stadium in London.
In total, around one million tickets have been sold for football but there are approximately 1.5 million still to sell.
Exactly 1.4 million will be on sale over the next week with 100,000 to be held back as contingency, for sale in mid-May.
Tickets start at £20 for adults, with special prices available for people under-16 and over 60 at many matches.
Only Visa (debit, credit and prepaid cards) can be used to purchase tickets because of their position as a Worldwide Olympic Partner.
The football ticket sales come shortly ahead of the contingency ticket sales for the Olympics and Paralympics, with around one million Olympic tickets having been held back.
Those tickets will go on sale in mid-May, with the exact date to be announced by London 2012 over the coming week.
People who tried and failed to bid for Olympic tickets in the past will have an exclusive 24 hour window to purchase some of the one million contingency tickets ahead of those who already have tickets.
London 2012 also confirmed that buying football tickets during this upcoming sale starting will not impact eligibility for future ticket sales.
