Ticket prices for the London 2012 Olympics have been revealed with £20 being the cheapest up to £2012 for the most expensive.
Millions of tickets to go on sale next year
Ticket prices for the London 2012 Olympics have been revealed with £20 being the cheapest up to £2012 for an exclusive seat the opening ceremony for the most expensive.
A total of 6.6m tickets will go on sale in March, representing threequarters of the whole amount, with organisers hoping to attract spectators from all income brackets.
The most expensive ticket for a sports event is £725 for the 100m final although much cheaper ones will be available, with a total of £2.5m tickets for all events going for £20 or less.
London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe said: "We have three clear principles for our ticketing strategy - tickets need to be affordable and accessible to as many people as possible, tickets are an important revenue stream for us to fund the Games and our ticketing plans have the clear aim of filling our venues to the rafters."
London 2012 have also announced that 1.3million tickets will be reserved at special prices for children and people over 60. Under the 'pay your age' scheme, 10-year-olds would pay £10, 11-year-olds £11 and so on. Those over 60 would pay £16.
Under schemes being run by the London mayor and the Government, 100,000 tickets will be given free to schoolchildren in the capital and across the country, paid for via a £25 levy on the 'prestige' tickets being sold via packages.
Coe added: "When we won the right to stage the Games, we made a promise to inspire young people to choose sport and our ticket prices will get as many young people as possible to the Games."
