Posted on 08/10/2016 5:31:52 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Olympic organisers insist they have sold 84 per cent of the 7.5million tickets they were hoping to sell to the public but images from this summer's Games tell a different story...
Another major factor is the fact that Brazilians have simply not taken a fancy to the likes of hockey and rugby sevens as they are not traditional South American sports.
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Who wants to risk their life going to Brazil?
The Locals can’t afford the tickets or the beer or the Hotdogs no Tacos
I will never go anywhere south of the US except for Australia. And even then after a month i was getting antsy about getting back to America, too much niceness, too much good food, too much moderated media, just way too much a nanny country.
Kind of like the political elites of the USA.
The only people who profit from the athletes hard work are the networks and the Olympic committee fat cats that fly around and eat bree and caviar all over the world while paying themselves handsomely as they take bribes on who get the next games.
If one sees first hand the poverty within a couple of miles of the venues, then one understands. Too bad they don’t have special rates or even passes for the locals, such a day or night would be a huge treat. The poverty is breathtaking.
I see you have had business dealings with the IOC as well.
Spot on assessment.
I have noticed same with concerts. Looks like various entities buy seats in large blocks at a smaller price from these ticket establishements......and try to re-sell at a higher rate. Basically....’scalpers’. Then the venue only appears half full because seats were bought, but people can’t afford the scalp price.
That's starting to sound pretty good at this point...
... except for the BUGS!
I’ve only seen the Olympics on screens when I’m out in public. My only impression is a lot of green paint on basketball courts.
Brazil is messed up. If you’ve been to Rio, you’ll see the favelas all around you.
It not even worth the time to watch on tv. If there’s anything worth knowing about, it’ll be on the internet.
All I’ve seen of it was channel surfing right when Phelps was being such an ahole and the end of women’s floor exercises. Watched Abby who was flawless and whomever it was that followed her. That last girl was a mess but they all oo’ed and awed over her.
Brazilians aren't lining up to see the hockey games in the summer olympics. Weird
Synchronized Tiddlywinks packs them in.
There was an article a few days ago how those living around the venues are watching from their rooftops. They should be renting out lawn chairs on their roofs.
Socialist country so locals would spend a year of earnings for a ticket. Dot.Gov in charge of sanitation, pollution, crime control and do the lowest cost approach so there is more for them. Everyone else gets screwed. Why travel to get screwed?
Field hockey.
Wow, I should have known!
That is why Mrs. Clinton often has empty seats at her events!
But for the Olympics it’s Synchronized Tiddlywinks with MANHOLE COVERS!!!
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