>Hi Craig,
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>Was the ticket allocation by ballot? Here in Sydney a year and a half ago, the popular events were way over-subscribed. Most people were lucky to get 1/2 the tickets they bid for.

That's the way it started out. Any left over tickets then were available on first come first serve. I bought mine yesterday at a local ticket outlet. There weren't many tickets left. I pretty much took what I could get.

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>I agree about the once in a lifetime bit - The place transforms and there's two weeks of surreal atmosphere. People talk to strangers and there's a general feeling of goodwill in the air. The sport it pretty good too.
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>Enjoy it!

Thanks. We plan to spend some time downtown just taking in the atmosphere. Tonight we're going to the stadium and look at the cauldron.

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>Cheers,
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>Andrew
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>>I got my Olympic tickets today.
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>>Ski jumping part of Nordic Combined on 21st and women's speed skating on 23rd. Total spent for 4 tickets to each event was almost $1200