London opens ticket process for 2012 Olympics
Paul Deighton
"It's absolutely our ambition to have this full " London organizing committee chief executive Paul Deighton said. "It seems to me what we've got on offer here is a spectacular proposition. We're really hoping to get there."
 Deighton said the London organizing committee  or LOCOG  would uphold its promise of making the games "accessible and affordable."
 "We will stand by what we always said: There will be millions of affordable tickets available to the British public " Deighton said in a conference call. "Our commitment is to have our venues packed to the rafters with sports fans."
 Most international tickets will be allocated through individual national Olympic committees. Deighton said national committees will put in their applications next autumn  with tickets also going on sale in those countries in the spring of 2011.
 "We expect the vast majority of the tickets in the ballot will stay in the U.K.  with people abroad going through their national Olympic committees " Deighton said.
 Deighton said fewer than 1 percent of the tickets will go to "prestige hospitality" customers.
 LOCOG  which has a private operating budget of 2 billion pounds ($3 billion)  has forecast raising 376 million pounds ($565 million) from ticket sales. But Deighton said he considers that figure on the "lower end" and expects to surpass that total.
 Extra tickets have been freed up due to modifications at some venues and planned changes in some competition schedules. Beach volleyball  which had single sessions lasting up to five hours at the 2008 Beijing Olympics  will be broken into more and shorter sessions in London  Deighton said.
 "We're up next " Deighton said. "We're officially the next Olympic host city. There is nothing in front of us on the runway."
"It's absolutely our ambition to have this full " London organizing committee chief executive [TGT] said. "It seems to me what we've got on offer here is a spectacular proposition. We're really hoping to get there."
 Deighton said the London organizing committee  or LOCOG  would uphold its promise of making the games "accessible and affordable."
 "We will stand by what we always said: There will be millions of affordable tickets available to the British public " Deighton said in a conference call. "Our commitment is to have our venues packed to the rafters with sports fans."
 Most international tickets will be allocated through individual national Olympic committees. Deighton said national committees will put in their applications next autumn  with tickets also going on sale in those countries in the spring of 2011.
 "We expect the vast majority of the tickets in the ballot will stay in the U.K.  with people abroad going through their national Olympic committees " Deighton said.
 Deighton said fewer than 1 percent of the tickets will go to "prestige hospitality" customers.
 LOCOG  which has a private operating budget of 2 billion pounds ($3 billion)  has forecast raising 376 million pounds ($565 million) from ticket sales. But Deighton said he considers that figure on the "lower end" and expects to surpass that total.
 Extra tickets have been freed up due to modifications at some venues and planned changes in some competition schedules. Beach volleyball  which had single sessions lasting up to five hours at the 2008 Beijing Olympics  will be broken into more and shorter sessions in London  Deighton said.
 "We're up next " Deighton said. "We're officially the next Olympic host city. There is nothing in front of us on the runway."