2012 Olympic Games
Ticket Prices

Tickets for the 2012 Olympic Games go on sale in March 2011 and the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have decided that there'll be a range of prices and initiatives.

This will ensure that buying tickets for the biggest sporting event on the planet is within the financial reach of as many people as possible.

So it's been announced that:

• 8.8 million tickets will be available for the 2012 Olympic Games
• 75% of these tickets will be on sale to the public from March 2011
• 90% of these tickets will be priced at £100 or under
• Two-thirds of these tickets will be priced at £50 or under
• 2.5 million tickets will be priced at £20 or under

However, in order to offer millions of tickets at the lower price points, a smaller number of very expensive tickets will also be available. Therefore, those spectators who can afford to pay the higher prices will subsidise the masses.

Ticket prices are quoted per session, but the length of those sessions will vary from sport to sport.

All tickets for events in and around London will also include a travelcard which will give free use of public transport on that day, and there are 649 separate ticketed sessions across all sports during the 2012 Olympic Games.

The 2012 Olympic Games committee has also revealed details of an exciting new scheme, "London 2012 Ticketshare", which will see many thousands of school children receiving tickets to the 2012 Olympic Games.

A levy on the price of prestige hospitality packages will allow 100,000 tickets to be donated to schools in London and around the UK via the London 2012 Get Set education network and the Olympic and Paralympic-style schools sports competition.

The scheme is backed by the Government and the Mayor of London.

LOCOG also confirmed that a "pay your age" scheme will operate for over 200 Olympic Games sessions.

This will see anyone who is 16 and under at the start of the Games "pay their age" (£16) and anyone over the age of 60 will also only pay £16.

These sessions will be spread across all sports and all venues.

2012 Olympic Games Chairman Seb Coe commented:

"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.

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.

The 1.3 million tickets in the Pay Your Age scheme and the London 2012 Ticketshare scheme reflect this ambition, and the fact that we will offer 2.5 million tickets at £20 or under will also deliver this aim."

Olympics Minister the Rt Hon Hugh Robertson MP said:

"Spectators are a vital part of every Olympic Games, providing the atmosphere that inspires athletes to perform.

I am confident we will have packed stadiums and venues with the range of tickets on offer meaning that people of all ages and budgets will have the chance to attend London 2012.

London 2012 Ticketshare is also a fantastic initiative.

Backed by our Olympic-style schools sport competition and the London 2012 ‘Get Set’ programme, schoolchildren from across the country will get a chance to experience the magic of the Games first hand and for free."

Mayor of London Boris Johnson said:

"One of the greatest legacies we can lever from the London Games is to see young people in the capital embrace the Olympic and Paralympic Values.

We want these Games to motivate them towards sporting and academic achievement and there’s no better way than by watching the world’s best sports men and women competing at the highest level.

Having invested so much, I also want Londoners to have a real sense that these are their Games too.

So it is right that, through the schemes aimed at youngsters, we can acknowledge their support by rewarding thousands of London kids with the unique opportunity to be part of this amazing sporting spectacle."

London 2012 will have more tickets on sale for disabled people than any previous Olympic Games.

There will be seating options available for visually impaired and hearing impaired people, as well as those who cannot manage steps and wheelchair users.

The cost of a ticket for a wheelchair space will also include the cost of one companion seat adjacent to it.

The table tennis events will run from Saturday 28 July to Wednesday 8 August 2012 and the ticket prices will be as follows ...